(09-26-2017, 10:25 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(09-26-2017, 10:04 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: They aren't "raising awareness." People are already very aware that inequality and racism exists. Some deny its existence but the protests aren't going to change any minds. And the protesters apparently are UNaware that nearly twice the percentage of white criminals are killed by the police than black criminals. Apparently they are also UNaware that more than half of the cops-shoot-blacks stories are left wing racist spin. Ideally the number of innocents shot by cops should be zero. That includes the greater percentage of non-black innocents shot by cops. The country is doing what it can to eliminate this but you can't always predict what a cop will do until it's too late.

The players who protest may claim they love their country and the military. But the result is that a player who protests during the National Anthem is blaming his country and insulting the military by his actions, whether or not it was the intent, to protest the actions of a few bad apples. The country in general and specifically the US military have nothing to do with the bad cops.

Well the protest was centered around police brutality so I guess they got that one right. Why not have a very simply rule that body cams must be mandatory? More so than a gun or any other piece of equipment. At very least it would help some of those contentious cases..

The cowboys knelt before the anthem and stood when it was played and were resoundly booed and criticized for doing so by their fans. So let's not pretend this is all about the flag and the anthem. The players are protesting because they love the country not because they hate it, but that's how it's being spun by idiots.