Posted on 08/12/2017 1:01:13 PM PDT by Kazan
It looks like the movement started by Colin Kaepernick last season isn't going to end during the 2017 season just because he's out of football. Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins revealed this week that he'll be protesting during the national anthem again in 2017 after also protesting in 2016.
Like Kaepernick, Jenkins will be protesting racial injustice and police brutality against minorities. However, unlike Kaepernick, Jenkins won't be kneeling during the national anthem. Instead, the Eagles safety raises a fist over his head, like he did during Philadelphia's opening preseason game Thursday against the Packers.
Jenkins released a lengthy statement this week explaining why he'll once again be protesting.
"Last season, I raised my fist as a sign of solidarity to support people, especially people of color, who were and are still unjustly losing their lives at the hands of officers with little to no consequence," Jenkins said, via ESPN.com "After spending time with police officers on ride-alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grass roots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration."
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Good. Just one more reason to hate Filthy.
Yes! A fist! The Universal Sign of the Endangered Dildo!
No Super Bowl for you. You just became more important than the team. philly I hate it for you. 9-7 and no play offs
WWBBD? What would Bill Belichek do with Hesse knuckle heads. 1-800 Greyhound Bus
This is the most ridiculous thing ever. Apart from his idiotic statement that he opposes a war on crime, there is no freedom of speech at work. Nobody can say whatever he wants on the job and expect to keep his job. The NFL screwed this up royally when they said it was a freedom of speech issue. Nonsense. If you work as a waiter at a steak house and come in wearing a shirt that says “Meat is Murder” and harangue people when they order steak, you will be fired.
Cut him. He can become a community organizer for a lot less pay.
Has this poor, mistreated man, unable to feed his own family on his pitiful wages ever spoken up regarding the weekly SLAUGHTER of black people by their own? Bet not.
Black live seem to matter only if the trigger finger happens to be WHITE.
I will surely watch every second of football games involving my Super Bowl Champs, but I pledge “Not one second of any other NFL game!!!
NFL stats require people to watch football games for the simple love of the game itself. Angry fans will continue to loyally watch THEIR team, and turn off everything else.
Let these ignorant idiots go play for a country better on those issues than the United States.
We don’t care that you want to show your ignorance too.
Looks like I won’t be watching the NFL unless the Pats are in the Superbowl again.
F*ck these guys.
“So he wants to sink to depths lower than being a Michigan player?”
Spoken like a true Buckeye.
So tell me, if you had to make a choice between going to heaven or Ohio beating Michigan every year, which would you choose?
Oh swell. The NFL will go the way of the dinosaur. This will kill it faster than the concussion epidemic.
All those signing bonuses and huge $ contracts will be no more.
Poor down trodden Jenkins, making millions playing a game
I had the same experience. Go Browns!
I always vote against the Beagles anyhow
Heaven.
Winning every season means they don’t improve.
.....amazes me how stupid these guys are........without football it would be an insult to ditch diggers that one could apply for a job cleaning out a ditch....
....it’s the classic case that went something like “he shot a toe off then reloaded and shot several more off”.....
Maybe somebody can explain to them what just happened to Knick.
Fire him now
More reason to continue boycotting the NFL.
I did too. I.m sick of these black prima donna bastards running my country down. GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE if you dont like it.
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