I love Richard Sherman.

[mcdawg22]

It's so funny to think how he is perceived as a thug, but he is probably one of the most insightful pro athletes playing today.
"It’s hard to formulate an opinion and generalize because they have several different messages. Some of them are peaceful and understandable and some of them are very radical and hard to support. Any time you see people who are saying, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ and then saying it’s time to kill police, then it is difficult to stand behind that logic. They are generalizing police just like they are asking police not to generalize us.It is very hypocritical. So, in that respect, I find it difficult to fully support that movement.

I stand by what I said that All Lives Matter and that we are human beings. And speaking to police, I want African-Americans and everybody else treated decently. I want them treated like human beings. And I also want the police treated like human beings. I don’t want police officers just getting knocked off in the street who haven’t done anything wrong.
Those are innocent lives."

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

It's hard see former Bulldog football players get killed and not think that things really are hard for black males in this country. While the Freddie Grays and Trayvon Martins get a lot of press attention (and their deaths are equally tragic), it seems like the focus on the police is a diversion to the depressing fact that black men in this country have a high death rate, and most of the deaths are not at the hands of cops or even wannabe cops.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I don't know if you guys have seen, but former Southern Miss basketball player Jonathan Mills was gunned down in Chicago a couple days ago. Mills was the driving force behind USM's last NCAA berth. According to one of Mills' friends, he told someone who was selling drugs to leave, trying to keep the neighborhood "clean". Minutes later, Mills was shot dead. It just makes me so mad because I know there won't be any protests or marches for him. He's just a statistic. Victim #2,292 this year.

 

[aTotal360]

That's awful. Chiraq is now a killing field. I'm not trying to get all political, but I sincerely hope Pres Obama tries to fix the violence problems in Chicago. Parts of that city are like a 3rd world country.

 

[tired]

I'm not trying to get political either, but if you think Obama's gonna do anything about it, well, sorry. A shame.

 

[coach66]

We work a lot with Rockwell Automation and they have a policy that no employees

Are allowed in certain parts of Chicago after 1pm. Supposedly in many areas the streets fill up with thugs and hustlers starting around 3pm and they stop traffic and shake people down. My how we have fallen.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

They DINDU NUFFIN. Bunch of good boys.

 

[ShrubDog]

They are their own worst enemy.

 

[aTotal360]

I'm not holding my breath either.

 

[Drebin]

They are their own worst enemy.

What do you mean, "THEY"?

 

[Chesusdog]

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