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Georgetown faces backlash for honoring former basketball player who attacked officer.
Georgetown University's women's basketball team is being criticized online, as they seemingly honored a former player who was killed after she attacked a police officer in Virginia.
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Georgetown under fire for honoring Sydney Wilson, former player who slashed cop with knife in fatal shootining.
The Georgetown women’s basketball team has been criticized by some for a Sept. 20 tweet mourning former player Sydney Wilson’s death at the age of 33, after video recently emerged showing Wilson was shot on Sept. 16 by a Fairfax County (Va.) police officer after slashing him with a knife.
The tweet features a photo of Wilson in her Georgetown uniform and states: “Georgetown women’s basketball mourns the tragic loss of Sydney Wilson (C’13). Forever a Hoya.”