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WATCH: Emotional NBA Coach: ‘I’m Embarrassed As A White Person’
DailyWire ^ | Jun 7th, 2020 | Amanda Prestigiacomo

Posted on 06/07/2020 3:50:18 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, 71, says he’s “embarrassed as a white person” that a white man could allegedly murder a black man, referencing George Floyd, and suggesting such “lynchings” are commonplace in 2020 America.

“In a strange, counterintuitive sort of way, the best teaching moment of this recent tragedy, I think, was the look on the officer’s face,” Popovich said in a video posted by the Spurs, according to The Associated Press. “For white people to see how nonchalant, how casual, just how everyday-going-about-his job, so much so that he could just put his left hand in his pocket, wriggle his knee around a little bit to teach this person some sort of a lesson — and that it was his right and his duty to do it, in his mind.”

“I think I’m just embarrassed as a white person to know that that can happen,” he continued. “To actually watch a lynching. We’ve all seen books, and you look in the books and you see black people hanging off of trees. … But we just saw it again. I never thought I’d see that, with my own eyes, in real time.”

Floyd died last week after a police officer had his knee on the 46-year-old’s neck for over eight minutes during an arrest, as shown in viral video footage. That officer has been charged with second-degree murder.

“It’s like the neighborhood where you know there’s a dangerous corner, and you know that something’s going to happen someday, and nobody does anything,” Popovich said. “And then a young kid gets killed and a stop sign goes up. Well, without getting too political, we’ve got a lot of stop signs that need to go up — quickly — because our country is in trouble. And the basic reason is race.”

The NBA coach then told “white people” that it’s “on us” to call out “racism.”

“We have to do it,” he said. “Black people have been shouldering this burden for 400 years. “The only reason this nation has made the progress it has is because of the persistence, patience, and effort of black people. The history of our nation from the very beginning in many ways was a lie, and we continue to this day, mostly black and brown people, to try to make that lie a truth so that it is no longer a lie. And those rights and privileges are enjoyed by people of color, just like we enjoy them. So it’s got to be us, in my opinion, that speaks truth to power, and call it out, no matter what the consequences. We have to speak. We have to not let anything go.”

During the highly political video, Popovich ironically suggested he doesn’t want to “get too political” as he linked alleged unchecked systemic racism to the lack of anti-gun legislation.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: pitiful; popovich
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To: MarvinStinson
"how nonchalant, how casual, just how everyday-going-about-his job, so much so that he could just put his left hand in his pocket, wriggle his knee around a little bit to teach this person some sort of a lesson...

No! what is being described is this man:

who had had his chain jerked once too often that day by a flawed man with an addiction and rap sheet....this man is now insane. The perfect storm of human frailties.

41 posted on 06/07/2020 4:13:36 PM PDT by yoe (Want to HELP the Slave Trade and Drug Cartels in USA? Vote for a democrat........)
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To: MarvinStinson

At 71 years old Mr. Popovich sounds worried that he’s going to be put out to pasture and has nothing to do with his time in retirement.


42 posted on 06/07/2020 4:13:41 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MarvinStinson
...he’s “embarrassed as a white person” that a white man could allegedly murder a black man...

But he's not embarrassed that black people kill other black people every day?

43 posted on 06/07/2020 4:16:07 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (China kills 400,000 and the sheeple sleep. Cops kill one person, and cities burn.)
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To: MarvinStinson

I say he/she/it/tranny(?) should apologize that he/it only rose to his/its position by being white. And, that if he/it were a black man/it he/it would never have attained all the riches he/it certainly has. Therefore, to prove his/its sincerity that he/it really and truly wants forgiveness he/it should give away all property and money to the BLM movement.

Otherwise he/it is just a slimy puke trying to do a sick PR stunt.

Come on Poppy, show us the way.


44 posted on 06/07/2020 4:16:54 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: MarvinStinson

Douche! I dont watch so I cant boycott


45 posted on 06/07/2020 4:18:56 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I WILL NOT KNEEL)
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To: MarvinStinson

You are an embarrassment to America.


46 posted on 06/07/2020 4:19:31 PM PDT by mulligan ( En bbnnEeThe tC)
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To: MarvinStinson

Resign your coaching job and give it to a black man, donate all your millions to BLM, then just go away.


47 posted on 06/07/2020 4:21:39 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (MAGA, and build that wall, and buy Greenland now.)
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To: MarvinStinson

And I’m embarrassed he’s one too.


48 posted on 06/07/2020 4:21:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: Bobalu

Norman Rockwell. This one has been “relegated” into the depths of the PC basement, never to be seen again. Oh, how that one does leave a mark!!!


49 posted on 06/07/2020 4:22:01 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Welcf theome to North Mexico, Gringxo's it...)
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To: MarvinStinson

Then OFF yourself, Pepperoni pizza face


50 posted on 06/07/2020 4:22:05 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Check out George Floyd's rap sheet "Turning his life around" Yeah, riiiiight)
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To: MarvinStinson

I am not embarrassed about anything. My Irish ancestors were treated badly for a time in both the old and new world. My Slavic ancestors started in rural New York with a cheap shack with only three rooms and a garage and 4 children and a married couple back in the 1950s. They worked their way up. And guess what my secret to being more successful than many black people is? The big decisions I made were keeping my pants zipped for everyone but my wife and also refraining from serious drug use, along with being limited to an occasional beer when it came to alcohol consumption.


51 posted on 06/07/2020 4:22:55 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: MarvinStinson

Hey Popovich

Whats your take on Kori Ali Muhammad?


52 posted on 06/07/2020 4:23:27 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Check out George Floyd's rap sheet "Turning his life around" Yeah, riiiiight)
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To: MarvinStinson
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, 71, says he’s “embarrassed as a white person” that a white man could allegedly murder a black man, referencing George Floyd, and suggesting such “lynchings” are commonplace in 2020 America.

WRONG!!!!! First of all, it wasn't a mob, it was a psycho cop.

And second, the last one of those occurred in Mississippi in 2018.

53 posted on 06/07/2020 4:24:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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And you should be no matter what your race is....


54 posted on 06/07/2020 4:25:25 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: MarvinStinson
White people are embarrassed he's a white person too.
55 posted on 06/07/2020 4:26:16 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: MarvinStinson

And I’m embarrassed as a former NBA fan...that he’s a coach.


56 posted on 06/07/2020 4:27:22 PM PDT by Spok
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To: MarvinStinson

White people have lost their damn minds.


57 posted on 06/07/2020 4:27:32 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Bringing deadly viruses out of caves and into labs doesn't prevent pandemics, it causes them.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

I will never be embarrassed for my race, ethnicity, heritage, success.

I will never kneel for anything but my God. What’s happening in this Country is disgraceful.


58 posted on 06/07/2020 4:31:39 PM PDT by Twink
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To: MarvinStinson

So he’s saying all White people are responsible for what that police officer did. Would he apply to principle to any other race? Of course, we know the answer.


59 posted on 06/07/2020 4:32:21 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: lodi90
He should be embarrassed about the NBA. It’s little more than choreographed fake sport like pro wrestling these days.

The commie mind-virus (CMV) has infected all the way into professional sports, as well as most other forms of bread and circuses. I hope Freepers will lead the way in divesting themselves completely in these areas. Do not give one dime to the NBA, the NFL, Hollywood, or anyone else who supports this coup, and anti-Americanism in general.
60 posted on 06/07/2020 4:32:31 PM PDT by fr_freak
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