Finau opens up about personal experience with racism

Tony Finau weighed in with his own experience with racism with an Instagram post in which he detailed a 2014 incident with police.

''Have I dealt with racism in my life as a person of color in this country? Yes, I have. I'm not proud to say,'' Finau said in a video. ''I'm not proud to say that I have been disrespected and mistreated because of the color of my skin.''

Finau is of Tongan and Samoan descent whose father kept him and his brother out of trouble growing up in Utah by introducing them to golf.

Finau mentioned the police incident in which he was in a car with a white friend who had a warrant for his arrest because of ''tickets with his drive.'' He said police asked both of them to get out of the car, and Finau asked why.

When he got out of the car, he says police slammed him against the door and handcuffed him.

''Shortly after that, I was in the back of car,'' he said. ''To try to describe the feeling of injustice, unfairness at this time, and try to portray that to those who have never been treated this way, it's a very inhumane feeling and wrong on all levels. And it's a criminal act for law enforcement to treat anyone this way but especially those of color.''

He said he was compelled to share his story after watching video of George Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee to the back of his neck until he stopped breathing.

''I voice my opinion because I stand with those who are for justice, those who are for equality and that are against police brutality and anyone abusing their authority because of the color of someone else's skin,'' he said. ''I'm against racism, and I'm for Black Lives Matter and this movement.''