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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Six-times Formula One (F1) world champion Lewis Hamilton donned a T-shirt protesting against police violence in Nigeria for a pre-race television interview at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Nigerians have been demonstrating for weeks against a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars), which rights groups have for years accused of extortion, harassment, torture and murders.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to show this,” Hamilton, Formula One’s only Black driver, told Sky Sports television as he revealed a green T-shirt with #EndSARS written on it at the end of the off-grid interview.<\/p>\n

The Briton reverted to his usual ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirt for the officially-sanctioned pre-race anti-racism gesture on the starting grid.<\/p>\n

Formula One’s governing body last month set out new pre- and post-race rules for driver attire after Hamilton wore a T-shirt on the Tuscan Grand Prix grid with the words “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” on the front.<\/p>\n

Taylor, a Black medical worker, was killed by police officers who burst into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.<\/p>\n

“Lots of rules have been written for me over the years and that hasn’t stopped me,” Hamilton said when the new rules were announced.<\/p>\n

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