Posted on 10/01/2016 8:21:41 AM PDT by boycott
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- He has so many reasons to finish. For his mother, who sacrificed so much for him. For his college coach, who kept pushing him to do so, even after his departure for the NFL. And for the kids in his hometown of Eatonville, Florida, who dream of being him one day.
But then Ha Ha Clinton-Dix turns on his TV. And there he sees reminder after reminder of the most important reason he continues to pursue his degree in criminal justice from the University of Alabama.
Ferguson. Baltimore. Dallas. Milwaukee. Tulsa. Charlotte. The cities change. The violence, the frustration, do not.
Clinton-Dix has seen the distrust, the disdain before. The anxiety, the anger before. But not like this. Never like this. He understands it. He does. But he also wants to someday do something about it.
“I understand what’s going on in this world,” the Green Bay Packers third-year safety said. “But cops have to go home at the end of the day. They have a family. They have to go home, too.
“Growing up where I’m from, some people are afraid of cops. They don’t really like cops. And what a lot of people don’t realize is, they’re really not the bad guys. They’re really on our side, they’re really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don’t understand that.”
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Am i confused ? Is this guy’s name Ha Ha ?
Am i confused ? Is this guy’s name Ha Ha ?
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From the article:
“Born Ha’Sean Treshon Clinton-Dix and nicknamed “Ha Ha” by his grandmother when he was an oft-giggling toddler, .... “
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Gotta admit that Ha Ha is a funny name.
Tells you just how thin skinned he is not. ROLL TIDE!
ESPN is still around?
The NFL/NBA is dead to me, killed off by their overpaid SJW whiner millionaires.
I like this guy just for the political subtext of his moniker.
Ha Ha makes me proud to be a Packer fan, and even prouder to be an American.
When Kapernick was busy dissing our LEO and country there were Packer players that joined the military in holding the American flag during the first game this season. That is the image the NFL needs to project.
I agree. The Packers are the only team which is owned by its fans (I’m one of the 360,584 stockholders), and the culture in Green Bay would not put up with the nonsense that other teams display. Furthermore, our general manager Ted Thompson makes it a point to look for good character in the players he drafts, to have a cohesive football team. That’s not to say some young players don’t make mistakes, but they can get a second chance if they clean up their acts.
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is a rapidly ascending player who will likely make the Pro Bowl. It’s nice to see that he has a lot of common sense off the field as well.
You will never see him on ESPN again.
Ya get it? Ha Ha...Clinton, Dix.
In a safe space.
“And what a lot of people don’t realize is, they’re (the police) really not the bad guys. They’re really on our side, they’re really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don’t understand that.””
Looks like Clinton’s Dix gets it - too bad the rest of that bunch cannot.
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