Posted on 06/05/2020 5:14:38 PM PDT by Enlightened1
A group of NFL players from across the league have gathered for a 70-second video demanding that the NFL deliver a clear message about racial injustice in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
The video starts with Saints receiver Michael Thomas saying, “It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered.”
Then comes DeAndre Hopkins to ask, “What will it take?”
“For one of us to be murdered by police brutality?” Browns receiver Jarvis Landry adds.
“What if I was George Floyd?” Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson asks.
“If I was George Floyd,” Giants running back Saquon Barkley also asks.
“What if I was George Floyd?” Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. joined in.
From there, quick cuts of players saying the names of those who died in confrontations with police are reeled off by players including, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, and Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot.
The video ends with this:
We will not be silenced. We assert our right to peacefully protest. It shouldn’t take this long to admit.
So on behalf of the National Football League, this is what we the players would like to hear you state: We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the systemic oppression of black people. We, the National Football League, admit wrong in silencing our players from peacefully protesting. We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.
The NFL has sunk at least $20 million into social justice causes since 2017, the year after Colin Kaepernick first began to protest against the United States during the playing of the national anthem.
The league has also contracted with activist rapper Jay-Z to make sure its music and other entertainment programing conforms to the social justice agenda.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Do they mean like "affirmative action", welfare, free housing, free medical care? There are plenty of black politicians, business people, athletes, the Arts, the military, the police. Where is this Systematic oppression only to black people?
Notice it is always the same old tired Leftist platitudes, but no examples can be provided.
This is incase you are still watching the NFL.
Musical Interlude
I Dont Care Anymore done in the Heavy Metal Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXYfdsaHxg
Do we know how those three football players died by their encounter with police I just wonder if there was criminality that led to their death
What is the percentage of whites playing in the league?
systematic oppression = how dare the police arrest black thieves, armed robbers, carjackers, rapists, murders
as per internet
At the start of the 2014 season, NFL surveys revealed that the league was approximately 68% African-American and about 28% white, with the remaining 4% comprising Asian/Pacific Islander, non-white Hispanics, and those preferring a Mixed Race category. By 2020, 70% of players are black.
need more white, asian, and latinos, and Filipinos. need Affirm Action and outreach.
NFL out of the USA.
And just like that, NFL squandered away any fans who started watching again.
STFU and play football, you low-hanging fruit morons.
Haven’t watched the NFL since...uh, not sure when the last time was.
St down the NFL for a year, without salaries.
So they acknowledge they were protesting the anthem and not the police?
Yes we don’t know the circumstances or criminality of those who died in police confrontations that are rattled off by these football players in the commercial
There is no NFL.
Sports are canceled haven’t they heard?
How about audience by race? Sadly, I think white America is a disappointed in this regard. They keep supporting those who wish to control their lives. It certainly isn’t the SJW crowd that are attending the games.
I will support their request and not give the time of day to an organization that exploits known felons for profit!
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/arrests/
“””””’“What if I was George Floyd?” Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson asks.”””””””””””””
In order to be George you would have to;
Be a career criminal
A porn star
Do time in a penitentiary
Rob a store
Suck down some meth
Have a heart attack
Overdose on fentanyl
Resist arrest
And become a SAINT.
NFL and the playas determined to save me money.
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