Police Brutality In Sports Essay
Last Friday night at our football game, the p.a. announcer said, “Would everyone this time please stand, not kneel, for the playing of the national anthem.” When I heard this at first I chuckled, but after I realized that this subject has a huge impact on the NFL and small towns like ours. The act of kneeling during the national anthem is showing awareness of injustice and police brutality. This movement started in the preseason of the NFL by a black player, Colin Kaepernick. In under a month, many other football players have taken the side of Kaepernick. Do you think it’s fair that police can use force to protect and serve us Americans? Police officers strive to protect people in America, however, in some places police officers abuse their
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After the games were over, the players backed up their actions saying that they were supporting the movement. There have been reports of players losing their sponsorship, starting positions, and even there respect from fans and other players. The Chiefs team decided to lock arms during their game to remember the people who died that day, but at the end of the line Marcus Peters was raising his fist in the sky. They were not clear on what those actions meant, but after the game he said that it stood for both 9/11 victims and police brutality movement. There are many other ways people can express the way they think about the whole situation. The athletes should spend time outside of being under the camera and make a difference in their community if they want change so bad. These athletes have an impact on adults and the youth on what they should believe in. Athletes should not be allowed to express their own beliefs during games as workers are not allowed to preach their beliefs to their customers.Should these athletes be using the platform such as the NFL, to promote the social injustices that the minorities are faced with in today's
After the games were over, the players backed up their actions saying that they were supporting the movement. There have been reports of players losing their sponsorship, starting positions, and even there respect from fans and other players. The Chiefs team decided to lock arms during their game to remember the people who died that day, but at the end of the line Marcus Peters was raising his fist in the sky. They were not clear on what those actions meant, but after the game he said that it stood for both 9/11 victims and police brutality movement. There are many other ways people can express the way they think about the whole situation. The athletes should spend time outside of being under the camera and make a difference in their community if they want change so bad. These athletes have an impact on adults and the youth on what they should believe in. Athletes should not be allowed to express their own beliefs during games as workers are not allowed to preach their beliefs to their customers.Should these athletes be using the platform such as the NFL, to promote the social injustices that the minorities are faced with in today's