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.”

Evander Kane signs petition for officers’ arrests after George Floyd’s death originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Josh King is still facing sexual assault charges but also attempting to resume his college football career with a pair of former Michigan State teammates.

The defensive end signed a national letter of intent to play at Coahoma Community College in Mississippi, joining Donnie Corley and Demetric Vance, whose signings with Coahoma were reported in January.

All three, who are facing sexual assault charges in Ingham County, were announced last week as members of Coahoma’s 2018 signing class.

Ex-MSU players Donnie Corley, Demetric Vance get judge’s approval to pursue JUCO

Corley and Vance, through their lawyers, had stipulations to modify their bonds in order to attend Coahoma approved by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina in January. Both must report in person for all future court proceedings.

Online court records do not indicate any bond modifications made for King and an Ingham County Court employee said there are no recent updates to his court file.

Neither King’s lawyer, Shannon Smith, nor Coahoma coach Steven Miller immediately returned messages from MLive.com.

King, Corley and Vance face third-degree criminal sexual conduct charges, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, related to an alleged incident in January 2017. King is also charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, punishable by up to life in prison, and a charge of capturing or distributing an image of an unclothed person.

All three were suspended from the Michigan State football team in February 2017, dismissed from the program in June after they were formally charged and then expelled from university after the conclusion of a Title IX investigation.

King, Corley and Vance have a pre-trial conference scheduled for Feb. 21 in Ingham County Circuit Court.

King, a 6-foot-6, 267-pound former four-star recruit from Hinsdale South High School in Darien, Ill., was the highest-rated member of Michigan State’s 2016 class, according to 247Sports Composite rankings. As a true freshman, he appeared in nine games (two starts) and made 10 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss.

Coahoma is a member of the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges and finished with a 2-7 record last season.