Posted on 08/26/2020 5:49:08 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Players on the Milwaukee Bucks called Wednesday for the Wisconsin legislature to reconvene to address police brutality and criminal justice reform after boycotting their NBA playoff game to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
"We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable," Bucks guard George Hill said in a statement to reporters as several of his teammates stood behind him. "For this to occur, it is imperative for the Wisconsin legislature to reconvene after months of inaction and take meaningful measures to address police accountability, brutality and criminal justice reform."
"We encourage all citizens to educate themselves, take peaceful and responsible action and remember to vote on November 3," Hill added.
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This won't end until adults say no.
They highly overestimate their importance and will pay the price for that.
If I was a Wisconsin legislator facing a “boycott“ like this, I’d make sure we stayed out of session for at least a decade.
Demand in one hand, crap in the other, see which one fills up first.
They’ll stop playing till someone comes to repossess their yachts.
Privilege.
If you don’t begin exterminating termites as soon as they become known, the infestation will only spread and get much much worse, and they will destroy your entire house.
You Can NOT re-educate them, you can’t bargain with them, they don’t care, all they want to do is Destroy your home.
I think the League is orchestrating this as an out, since the ratings are so terrible, and they don’t want the embarassment.
So now the moral leaders of our country are overpaid millionaires who jump high and run fast?
Go for it. Alienate the white fans.
they were calling the AG from the locker room
This stunt messed up so many of my parlays I hope this blows up in their face.
there is already a photo of that dude with what looks like a knife in his hand
Oh man, I’d sure be scared if I was a Wisconsin State legislator.
Was it the Wisconsin Dems who left the state a few .years back so there wouldn’t be a quorum on a bill they didn’t like?
Uppa you, Bucks. Go to your ‘safe space’ and take a knee.
It’s almost like Hill thinks he has some credibility because he plays in the Negro Basketball Association. Maybe one day he’ll realize what an ignorant and conceited ass he is. He thinks he’s important. What a joke.
Now Inter Miami soccer team cancelled their game
@BernieSanders
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I strongly support the NBA, WNBA and MLB players who are striking for racial justice. Real change takes place when people come together and demand it. It is time for the police who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back to be fired, arrested and prosecuted. Now.
I like the cynicism and I think you're right.
Nothing to say but Buck Off. :)
It seems to me every time they hold their breath and stomp their feet they get what they want.
Has anyone said NO to them yet?
Judge and jury from the cheap seats of justice.
They saw it on Tv....guilty
Isn’t “Buck” a racial slur? Why aren’t they changing the team name?
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