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Raptors player suggests boycotting NBA season
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:11 pm
Some formidable minds here LINK
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“What are we willing to give up?” VanVleet said Tuesday, suggesting his teammates talked about the possibility of a boycott. “Do we actually give a (expletive) about what’s going on? Or is it just cool to wear BLM on the backdrop or wear a T-shirt? What does that really mean? Is it really doing anything? I don’t have the answers for you today.”
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Boston’s Jaylen Brown also opened his news conference with extended comments about the Jacob Blake shooting.
Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot multiple times in the back by police officers Sunday while he was leaning into an SUV. Police were responding to a domestic dispute call. Blake is in stable condition, paralyzed from the waist down, according to his father and Ben Crump, the family's attorney. Blake was unarmed. Three of his six children were in the car when the shots were fired.
“There is an emphasis in this country on the framing of these incidents such as Jacob Blake – ‘Well, he was a convicted felon. Well, he had a history of police brutality. Well, he possibly had a weapon.' This framework is not unfamiliar to people of color and African-Americans. Nor does it constitute death or being shot seven times," Brown said.
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Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:16 pm to Mithridates6
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Raptors player suggests boycotting NBA season
Stop, don't, come back.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:17 pm to Mithridates6
Do it pussies
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:19 pm to Mithridates6
So a cop in Wisconsin shoots a black guy so the logical thing to do would be to boycott an organization that has nothing to with the police department in Wisconsin. I’m sure he expects the nba players boycotting to still be paid though because that’s how boycotts work and all. Boycotting isn’t actually doing anything either no more than wearing a t-shirt. It still doesn’t address the alleged problem with a solution. Just another form of pointless virtue signaling. Also makes it even funnier (to me at least) this team is in Canada.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:22 pm to Mithridates6
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Or is it just cool to wear BLM on the backdrop or wear a T-shirt? What does that really mean? Is it really doing anything? I don’t have the answers for you today.”
Is boycotting really going to do anything? Or is it just a cool thing to do?
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:22 pm to hg
Please don’t. Just play it out. That’s what is the best thing to do.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:24 pm to Mithridates6
If they want to possibly kill the NBA then they’ll go through with it.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:27 pm to McCaigBro69
Don’t come with threats
Do it
And see if anyone really cares outside of Toronto or Boston
Do it
And see if anyone really cares outside of Toronto or Boston
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:28 pm to Mithridates6
not playing solves nothing.. dumbest team I've ever seen
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:29 pm to Mithridates6
I was wondering when this would be posted. I got the update earlier and came here.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:35 pm to Mithridates6
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Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot multiple times in the back by police officers Sunday while he was leaning into an SUV.
Yeah, I’m sure the situation was that watered down. Hack journalism at its finest
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:37 pm to Mithridates6
quote:
Well, he was a convicted felon. Well, he had a history of police brutality. Well, he possibly had a weapon.' This framework is not unfamiliar to people of color and African-Americans.
So umm...
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:42 pm to Mithridates6
quote:
Well, he was a convicted felon. Well, he had a history of police brutality. Well, he possibly had a weapon.' This framework is not unfamiliar to people of color and African-Americans. Nor does it constitute death or being shot seven times," Brown said.
All things that matter very much to the policeman who can see what this man is very capable of ...
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:43 pm to Mithridates6
How does anyone watch that video and fault the cops?
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:43 pm to noonan
Well, he was a convicted felon.
- irrelevant
Well, he had a history of police brutality.
- More relevant than being a felon but not really relevant
Well, he possibly had a weapon.
- most relevant by far. Really
Nothing else matters.
- irrelevant
Well, he had a history of police brutality.
- More relevant than being a felon but not really relevant
Well, he possibly had a weapon.
- most relevant by far. Really
Nothing else matters.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:46 pm to Mithridates6
They should threaten to not play until people quit putting themselves into situations where police have to shoot.
Comply and let LEO investigate the situation. It's as simple as that. Was there a weapon in the vehicle? He opened the door and reached. LEO had already drawn down on him once he fought them.
Comply and let LEO investigate the situation. It's as simple as that. Was there a weapon in the vehicle? He opened the door and reached. LEO had already drawn down on him once he fought them.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:47 pm to Boomshockalocka
B, I don’t know if the officer was right to shoot, but the suspect has to have some accountability.
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:47 pm to Boomshockalocka
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Well, he was a convicted felon.
- irrelevant
I get what you are saying, but I’d have no problem if everyone that commits a heinous/violent (not drug related) crime was just taken out if the evidence is there.
I have no clue on this guy’s background so I can’t say much, but if he beat up a woman or molested a kid or something crazy like that I really don’t care if anyone get out six feet deep.
I’m assuming I’m likely in the minority.
This post was edited on 8/25/20 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 8/25/20 at 6:49 pm to Mithridates6
quote:
it just cool to wear BLM on the backdrop or wear a T-shirt?
No not really
quote:
Is it really doing anything?
Nothing at all
Now they're getting it
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