NFL stars call on league to 'admit wrong in silencing our players from peacefully protesting.'
Thomas, the New Orleans Saints wide receiver who has led the league in receptions the past two seasons, opens the video with the statement: “It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered.” The players then take turns asking the question, “What if I was George Floyd?”
The players then name several of the black men and women who have recently been killed, including Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Eric Garner. The video closes with the players insisting they “will not be silenced.” They also demand the NFL state that it condemns “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.”since Colin Kaepernick began kneeling
during national anthems before games. Kaepernick has since gone unsigned — and emerged as a leading voice in opposition of police violence. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke against Floyd's death but has been accused of hypocrisy and insincerity in his response, with critics pointing to the way the league handled Kaepernick's protest against police brutality in 2016.2 National Guard members hospitalized after D.C. lightning strikein Washington, D.C. were hospitalized after lightning struck the area of their post not far from the White House early Friday, a fire official said.
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