A high school wrestling coach in Washington state has been fired over a post that referenced the death of George Floyd.
"I know how hard it is for them to do their job safely," he said Friday."That's what made me post that.Hollenbeck said he has 20 years of wrestling experience and is a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He said he intended to show that the technique the officer used, which he said is called"a knee on the back of the neck," could not have killed Floyd.
Hollenbeck told NBC News that he has trained security for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks team on how to control people without strikes and that he has provided security to celebrities when they have stayed at hotels in Washington and for a presidential candidate in 2012.since his firing, Hollenbeck also denied being racist.
Hollenbeck said one of his former employers, which he did not name, threatened to expose things from his past, including that he played a Nazi character in 2007 while wrestling, if he did not resign."I am a big people lover," he added."I love people."He said the way the reports were edited"made me look kind of bad, I have to admit."
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