It’s not the root of the problem.
Many NFL players (and NBA players, probably even MLB players) joined gangs in their youth. One of the first rule of most gangs is: Once in the gang, always in the gang.
These players believe their allegiance to the gang supersedes all other allegiances, contracts, etc. So, they are doing these protests against police on behalf of the gangs. So, they will not stop.
Will any admit this? Nope.
But still, the root of the problem is deeper. They joined the gang because there was no father in the home. No discipline. So, they joined the gang to have that relationship from the gang.
And that has been caused by the federal government creating welfare programs with payments that required there to be no father and no income from the father. So, for the good of the family, many of the the fathers left, back in the 1960s. It’s been passed on to so many generations now, so it is the common family thing. And boys join gangs.
Your post about gangs is something I didn’t know. It makes a lot of sense seeing what is really going on in pro sports and in the streets.
Thanks for your thought and insight.