Former NBA player Stephen Jackson, who was lifelong friends with George Floyd, said on TODAY Thursday that he welcomed the news that three more former Minneapolis police officers were charged in Floyd’s death.

“We should’ve been seeing those mugshots,” Jackson told TODAY’s Craig Melvin, adding that he believed that there was a double standard in play.

“Why didn’t we see any public arrests? Why didn’t they have to do that walk of shame like we have to do that walk of shame for traffic tickets or unpaid child support?” Jackson asked.

“They come with a SWAT team and kick our doors down and drag us out the house. We’ve seen a public murder, but we didn’t see a public arrest. I’m not surprised. I want convictions and I’m not gonna be satisfied until they’re buried under the jail.”

The three former officers, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, were charged Wednesday with aiding and abetting murder in Floyd’s death on May 25.

The murder charge against the fourth, Derek Chauvin, who was filmed pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes as Floyd lay on the ground, was also elevated to second-degree, from third-degree.

All four officers were fired on May 26 after cell phone video showing Floyd’s arrest went viral.

Jackson, a former NBA player, said he believed the national and global protests over Floyd’s death proved there are many people who back the cause for equality.

“If we stand arm to arm, side by side, shoulder to shoulder with every race, we can’t lose and that’s what you’re seeing,” he said. “That’s why you’re seeing all 50 states protesting my brother. That’s why you see all these countries protesting for my brother because everybody wants to love everybody and everybody wants to stand together, and we know what’s right and that’s what we’re fighting for.”

Jackson also called out New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for his comments Wednesday that he disagreed with anyone “disrespecting” the American flag by kneeling during the national anthem.

“I hope he apologizes,” he said. “Drew Brees is a smart guy and the timing is definitely bad. He has a lot of black teammates. He knows what’s going on. He’s seen my brother get murdered. The world’s seen my brother get murdered. So, to be that naïve, and he’s a smart guy, but to be that naïve and act like you don’t know why (Colin) Kaepernick was kneeling, it just baffles me.”

Brees issued an apology for his remarks Thursday morning on Instagram.

Jackson also addressed the moment Floyd’s young daughter Gianna remarked, “Daddy changed the world,” while they were walking in Minneapolis earlier this week, a moment that went viral across social media.

“I didn’t teach her that,” he told TODAY, adding that the moment came after the 6-year-old saw pictures of her dad everywhere while he carried her on his shoulders amid the demonstrations.

“And she’s like, ‘My daddy’s everywhere.’ I said, ‘Yeah, your daddy changed the world.’ And she just screamed it. ‘My daddy changed the world.’ And it’s a blessing, because it is going to change the world,” he said.

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Former NBA player Stephen Jackson says he’ll use his platform and “everything I have to get a conviction” for the four Minneapolis police officers who were fired after George Floyd’s death.

Jackson, like Floyd, is from Houston and they were friends. The handcuffed black man died after pleading for air as a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.

That officer, Derek Chauvin, was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. The charges were announced shortly after Jackson spoke at a news conference organized by activists at Minneapolis City Hall. Actor Jamie Foxx and Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns were among those in attendance.

Towns, the city’s franchise star, stood near Jackson wearing a “Black Lives Matter” hat and a black and white mask. It was a display of tremendous commitment for Towns considering his mother, Jacqueline, died from the coronavirus on April 13.

Respect! @KarlTowns know you goin through a lot bro! ???? https://t.co/MEDHocxqyH

— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) May 29, 2020

Other players, including Timberwolves’ Josh Okogie, were in attendance as well.

“We need each other now more than ever,” Okogie wrote on Instagram. “I am immensely disgusted in the amount of pain and suffering that my fellow black brothers and sisters have to endure until change happens. We can no longer be alienated and we can no longer normalize the injustices that this system of oppression feeds us. No more lives need to be lost.”

Floyd could be heard repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe” in the video. Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, including nearly three minutes after Floyd stopped moving and talking, according to the criminal complaint.

The incident sparked outrage among the NBA community.

#JusticeForGeorgeFloydpic.twitter.com/1HjiwLMB8c

— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) May 29, 2020

??????????? https://t.co/ifcJ93TTKZ

— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 29, 2020

Knee on my man neck!!! When does it stop?

— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) May 27, 2020

JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED UNTIL THOSE UNAFFECTED ARE AS OUTRAGED AS THOSE WHO ARE

— DWade (@DwyaneWade) May 27, 2020

1/ What happened to George Floyd is unacceptable and disgusting beyond words . What the officer did should be punished to the fullest extent. How in the world can someone like this be hired to serve and protect us! Praying for George Floyd’s family and for all ppl impacted by

— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) May 30, 2020

GEORGE FLOYD. We will never forget you..

— ? Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) May 28, 2020

 “I don’t have no more tears honestly,” Jackson said. “I’ve cried enough. I’ve cried enough. I’m here for one reason. For my brother’s honor.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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British snooker star Stephen Lee has been charged after being arrested for teaching without a permit at a billiards hall in Hong Kong.

He was arrested during an immigration raid along with two others, including former Hong Kong professional snooker player Au Chi-wai of the newly opened billiards hall, Q School, in Jordan.

Lee, 43, appeared at Tuen Mun Court on Saturday morning and denied a charge of breaching his condition of stay in the city.

The former world number five player was released on bail and is to appear at Sha Tin Court on Monday.

Au, 48, and a staff member of the billiards hall, both Hong Kong residents, were arrested in the raid on Thursday in relation to the suspected illegal employment. But they were not charged and were released on bail by the Immigration Department.

A source said that when the department acted on intelligence and raided the facility the snooker star was “teaching” there.

Lee could face up to two years in jail and a fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,300).

Employing a worker illegally or without a proper work permit is punishable by a maximum sentence of three years in jail and a HK$350,000 fine.

On March 4, Au posted on his personal Facebook page that he had just opened the billiards hall involved in the case. Au could not be reached for comment.

The hall posted a message on Facebook at 10pm on Friday, saying it had been forced to close temporarily because the facility was under “emergency maintenance”.

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This is not Lee’s first run-in with authorities.

In 2013, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association barred him from competition for 12 years over a match-fixing scandal that involved seven matches in 2008 and 2009, including one in the 2008 Malta Cup against Hong Kong star Marco Fu Ka-chun.

Lee opened a billiards academy in Shenzhen in 2015, and has visited Hong Kong several times.