Years ago the NFL caved into pressure and tried to minimize protests. And nothing changed. So as the same events happened again and again the players have come to the decision that they need to make their feelings known. Whether the NFL executives truly agree or know they can't stop the players I can't tell, but for now they are supportive. So yes it shows how strong these feelings are, that athletes are so strongly in support of these actions even if it means alienating a portion of their fan base.

So toilet cleaners are allowed to voice their opinions, but professional athletes aren't?
Who gets to make that distinction?

Thankfully, you're not in charge. This is white execs and white coaches making these decisions and/or supporting these decisions. Put yourselves in the shoes of a young black man for one minute. Would you want to go on as if sports matters right now? When life and death issues are facing your community? This isn't even games we are talking about. This is much more than "political and social narratives." This is a bullet strewn man in the hospital. Followed by an armed white 17 year old who killed peaceful protestors and the cops just let him walk away.

So sorry you're "annoyed." I think the families of the many dead Americans are little more than "annoyed," and that weighs just a little heavier than a sports fan's indignation that young men are standing up against what is clearly inequality in our country.

So you need a coworker...?
Just shut up an clean toilets........you are good at it.

Perhaps not their own, but other peoples money, without a doubt

Or logic.

WestCoastPackerBacker, 2 well stated, excellent posts. I agree. Thanks, Since ‘61

Why arent these same players not protesting when every day in cities like Chicago black people are killing each other including young children? Dont they care about that? Seems hypocritical to me.

Change happens when those said brothers and sister don’t resist arrest, fight cops and use weapons against them.. Both of those black people had long rap sheets for armed robbery and sexual assault.. But I guess none of that matters right ? They’d be garbage people if they were any color..

I disagree that they are doing this just for a day off. They are doing it because it means here we are talking about it.

Whether it is a meaningful gesture or not I guess depends on what happens next.

I think it is the utmost of arrogance to tell someone else what they should do. None of us have walked in their shoes. None of us know what pressures are facing them from any direction. And none of us know what will happen going forward. Sporting teams have zero power over police authorities and the federal, state and municipal governments that oversee them.

They also need time to coordinate a response; whatever they decide to do or not do. These decisions don't materialize out of thin air. They take consideration, they take input, they take collaboration. They take a little time. This is a start.

Taryn, You are assuming that this will be the only practice canceled. Maybe some if not all of the players will stay out longer. Maybe many of them have already donated time and money to various causes which they support and maybe they will donate more time and money.

I’m confident that we don’t know what each player does or will be doing while they’re away from the team. Many probably prefer to keep their activities private. We’ll never know.

These events happened in the Packers home state so it makes sense that the Packers and other Wisconsin teams would take at least a day to make a statement of support for grieving families and friends within the larger state community which they represent. Until I see otherwise I can’t see a reason to question their motivation. In fact it’s positive to see professional organizations standing with their community against unnecessary violence.

All of these events, school shootings, mass shootings, police being shot, and police shooting or killing unarmed citizens, all this needs to stop. We need to assess why it happens so frequently and we need to identify the appropriate steps to correct and stop this behavior. It is getting worse and I’m not aware of any other industrialized country that consistently has this level of violence.

Maybe canceling a practice is too small a step. But it is a step and it’s better than continuing to ignore the obvious violence and racism in our country. Thanks, Since ‘61

Taryn,
For once completely agree!

The problem I have is protests being made, and players and team making statements before a full investigation has been performed. They have no idea what happened in Kenosha. The shooting victim apparently had a knife in the car (we all do right?) and he was going to get his knife. When you watch video he obviously was not getting in his car. Instead he quickly bent over to grab something inside his car. Easy to make a snap assessment but why not let the full investigation play out before everyone with a platform tries using it when they do not know s...!

So the purge is on then? Or is this only an ethnic cleansing?

Jeffery Epstein??

Someone made up a nice story about Jacob Blake, that he molested/raped an underage girl. It is completely made up. It is a facebook meme or falsehood generated to place blame on the man who was almost executed by police. He has a warrant out over possible charges from a domestic dispute. That's it. And these cops didn't even know the warrant existed.

How is it the Kenosha cops almost executed black man Blake (judge, jury, executioner) and let white Kyle Rittenhouse walk into a crown of protestors with a rifle and kill two people and injure another? Oh, and they gave Kyle a bottle of water and then let him walk away after he shot people dead.

You wouldn't protest that if you were black? Or if you were human and cared about other humans?

If that is true maybe they should have protested. Did you do or say anything about it?

For me, this is the 1st I’m hearing of this alleged molestation.
Thanks, Since ‘61

You should probably research your facts before you accuse people of being child molesters.

Hint: viral memes and talk shows do not qualify as verified facts.

If my 2nd Amendment Right or saving this country becomes a fight with the need of guns to save it, I'll be willing to sacrifice any and all my salary including my life.

Will you sacrifice salary or die for a criminal that gets shot for crimes committed etc, which appears to be your sentiment? Are you out there rioting, and if not, will you calmly offer up your home and business, if applicable, to the rioters to show support?

Post your address of both with an invite, and let's see what your willing to do for their criminal 'cause.' Please, film it, and you'll get bonus points.

No, you'll be crying how they destroyed your property and how they are now the criminals they always were and are.

The cities that have turned into war zones have DEMOCRAT Mayors. Their States have DEMOCRAT Governors. Trumps fault? What a joke!

He molested a minor, a 15 year old child. Stray dogs deserve more respect.

Stray dogs SHOULD be treated with respect; they're just trying to make it in this world, and like everyone else, they need food, shelter, and love.

A child rapists who ignored the police to retrievet a weapon from his car , and you support him , tells a lot about you.

The police were called on him at that residence, he had a knife in his hand walking to the driver side, dropped it and the reached in for another, and more video, which you have obviously lacked a desire to search and view, shows him resisting arrest before they got to the car.
When is a person still in deserves of safe arrest. After he rapes a minor, stabs a police officer, slices the throat of his girlfriend or bystander? When you are wanted and resist arrest with a weapon, your rights and deserves are near zero as to your safety. Better him than the cop or another.

Stray dogs SHOW more respect!

well said Adorabelle....

Being from a family of police including having lost a family member in the line of police duty you DO NOT have a clue what you are talking about.

Would love to watch you in that police officers shoe when the guy says he is going to get his weapon and reaches for it. Yup...typical from someone who knows nothing and has had zero training, but likes to talk like they have a clue.

Keep spewing nonsense!

Hey adorbs, what if that girl was your daughter, should he then be treated better ? More human perhaps right ?

So you approve of all the destruction. Who will pay for all this? Put your comic books away. Buy a gun because your going to need it.

"9 times out of ten they walk away with their lives. Not black citizens . They get executed"
Where do you get your stats from? The BLM handbook ? West Coast? Probably California, the land of fruits and nuts as well a NO common sense . Here's a stat for you from the FBI. Blacks commit 52% of the murders in this country. They take the lead in committing other violent crimes at even a higher percentage than that. THEY'RE 13% OF THE POPULATION.

West coast are you really down talking Pat Tillman wow.. That’s a whole new level of low.. I guess if he was black it’s make him a hero ??

Tillman wouldn't take the lead by kneeling. He'd become a cop and actually do something meaningful about the problem. NOT take a day off!!!

The inequality lies in the who is responsible for over 60+% of crime and the fact that 90% of black crime perpetrated on blacks is by blacks. Cops kill more white people than blacks. The narrative of police seek blacks is bs. Blacks seek police by being responsible for the crimes inflicted on society by a large majority.

Not a racist, just a realist and would say same regardless of race etc.

How many drinks did you have before you laid out this jumbled crock, fastmoving?

Fast moving you’re missing the point, and doing it incoherently at the same time..

Im not even a Trump supporter, dumbass. I just have half a brain. So it seems like YOU'RE the one putting on for the rapists and criminals you love so much who dont care about you and would have shot you dead in a past life. I dont support either candidate but go ahead and vote for Biden and Kamala Harris - NOBODY will put more black people in jail than those 2. Go ahead and vote them in.

You must have had a few more before you spit this out.

Fair enough. I think we agree on a lot. I am still waiting for complete information to actually reach conclusions as to criminality on the officer's part. They named the officer so he will have to move along with any family he may have.

The way he was walking suggested to me agitation and anger, or maybe just determination. A taser didn't faze him, but I don't know much about tasers or if that is indicative of massive adrenaline coursing through one's body. Not sure if the police saw him interacting with the two women before and as they exited their vehicle.

I agree that it was poor police work. If you aren't going to let him leave the scene, get between him and the car, which also protects the children if the police didn't know whose children they were, etc.

The DOJ run by a democrat did acknowledge that there was a knife in the car. I've read that he had a knife in his hand as he walked towards the car, but I can't see one in the video and I've seen no official confirmation or refutation, so I assume for now that Blake didn't have a knife in his hand. If he did, did the officer see it or see the one on the passenger seat? Was he reaching for it? IDK. I think it would be been terrible police work if the police had just let Blake leave the scene in the car (unknown if he owned it) and the children (unknowns there as well).

I agree that this encounter should not have ended in seven gunshots. Amazingly, Kenosha police do not generally wear body cameras. It is a democratic city run by democrats, but other priorities, I guess. Maybe the squad car has a dash cam.

Real easy to ask why not this or that in the calm reflective thought out of danger. In the moment, it is not as easy as you think. What if he was going for a gun. What if the officetr saw him grab the gun. You don't KNOW anything more than what you saw. The Cop had a better angle and the knowledge of the danger of the particular man in front of them. He might have said I'm gonna get my gun and shoot all you pigs. I thought they tazed him and it didn't faze him. We should all wait until the facts come out. Most of the time, the cops get it right. The guy in Atlanta deserved to be shot. Period.

So resisting arrest, fighting with cops, not stopping after Being tased then walking to your car to reach for a weapon equals tranquil behavior wow.. I’ve heard it all now, just wow..