Sharks winger Evander Kane signed and tweeted a petition Wednesday calling for the Minneapolis police officers fired following the death of an unarmed African American man to face prosecution.

The petition, initially shared by the super PAC known as Action PAC, advocated for Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman to press charges against officers Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng in the wake of Floyd’s death in police custody Monday. Video captured by onlookers showed Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd’s neck for around eight minutes while arresting him.

Floyd died soon after being taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, police said Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday that the four officers had been fired, and police said the FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension would be investigating the incident. The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis said Tuesday that all four officers are fully cooperating with the investigation and that “[now] is not the time (to) rush to judgment and immediately condemn our officers.”

On Wednesday, police used tear gas on Minneapolis protestors for the second day in a row during demonstrations following Floyd’s death. Professional athletes and coaches, in the Bay Area and elsewhere, have expressed outrage at Floyd’s death — and police brutality against African Americans — in the last two days, joining Kane and Frey in calling for the officers to face criminal charges.

Kane tweeted Tuesday that Floyd’s death made his “[f—ing] blood boil.”

The 28-year-old has increasingly spoken out against racism in hockey within the last year. Kane is one of just 43 players of color in the NHL, according to WDET, who account for fewer than 5 percent of the league’s players.

Former NHLer Akim Aliu, whose revelation that Bill Peters directed racial slurs towards him in the AHL led to the Calgary Flames firing the coach late last year, penned a piece in “The Players Tribune” earlier this month outlining his experience facing bigotry at every level of his hockey career. Kane tweeted the piece on May 19, imploring everyone who works in and/or follows the sport to read it.

“I actually read a tweet yesterday saying, you know, ‘Stop crying, Akim. You just weren’t good enough,’ ” Kane recalled last week in an interview on an episode of TSN’s “In Depth” centered on racism in hockey. “And I’m thinking, ‘Well, clearly, he was good enough.’ He played in the NHL. He was actually at a training camp in Atlanta my second year … but that’s the furthest from the point.

“This isn’t about Akim being good enough to play in the National Hockey League, or not. It’s about while he was playing in [the American Hockey League] or while he was playing in the OHL, he encountered racism. Whether that happened yesterday or happened 10 years ago, it makes no difference.”

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There are new reports the leaked photos of Dean Laidley could have been sent to over 100 police officers as an investigation into the scandal is widened.

Two senior Victorian constables have been suspended so far over the leaked pictures of the former AFL player and coach inside a Melbourne police station.

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A second officer was suspended on Tuesday and is likely to be charged with accessing police information without authorisation, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison or $40,000 in fines.

The first Victorian police officer accused of sharing the photos was suspended with pay on Monday and is expected to face the same charge.

Deputy Police Commissioner Shane Patton said on Monday that six police officers were sent the photos via WhatsApp and they could face charges if it’s found they disseminated them further.

However new reports claim the number of officers sent the photos is much higher.

“The sheer number of officers who were sent the images is a headache for force command as they try to work out how many should be reprimanded,” the Herald Sun is reporting.

“The Herald Sun understands more than one hundred officers were sent the photos.”

The Herald says officers were sent the photos in large WhatsApp groups and online footy forums.

Victoria Police have reportedly told anyone who was sent the the photos to delete them and explain how they saw them.

According to The Age, around 50 officers have already come forward to say they were sent the photos.

“Many of those 50 have come forward to assist the investigation and tick themselves off as part of the process, and were not sent the photos directly from the original source,” The Age reports.

Police chief slams officers’ ‘appalling’ act

Mr Patton said the dissemination of the pictures of Laidley in the station’s interview room was an ‘appalling” act.

The 53-year-old was photographed wearing a long blonde wig and a dress after his arrest outside a home in St Kilda on Saturday night.

Laidley is facing stalking and other charges, and remains in custody until May 11 after not applying for bail.

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights said the behaviour of the officers who distributed the photos was alarming and it was concerning certain media outlets decided to publish the images.

The group said this was an opportunity for Victoria Police to further support the trans and gender diverse community.

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“The act of a police officer secretly taking a photograph of an accused person while the person is in custody is extremely dangerous,” ALHR President Kerry Weste said in a statement.

“It damages trust and confidence in the Victoria Police and it damages the community’s faith in the rule of law.”

Laidley played 151 AFL games from 1987-97 and was an inaugural player at West Coast before joining North in 1993.

He played 99 games at Arden St, including their 1996 premiership before he succeeded Denis Pagan as North Melbourne coach in 2003.

In 149 games, he led them to the finals three times before resigning during the 2009 season.

He then had assistant coaching roles at three AFL clubs until 2015 and is currently coach of Melbourne suburban club Maribyrnong Park.

with AAP