If people want to speak out on social justice and police brutality, by all means do it. It shocks me, however, how we honor these criminals as model Americans, martyrs, and victims. You have places like the University of Edinburgh renaming a tower after George Floyd, a guy that had a lengthy rap sheet of drugs and armed robbery who had fentanyl and other drugs in his system when he died. What did that guy do to deserve such an honor? Do we think so lowly of the contributions of the black community that we choose to honor a guy of his stature? The Steelers place the name of Antwon Rose Jr on their helmets. A teenager who was killed by police and the facts show this kid was personally involved in a drive-by shooting moments before. We have a vice presidential candidate visiting Jacob Blake and NFL and NBA players putting his name on their back or helmet while he is accused of sexually assaulting a woman and previously had gun charges, assaulting an officer, etc. on his record.
Like I said, though I support cops, I am all for social justice. What this shows, however, is the complete laziness of these athletes to hold up these people in high regard when there are many other "good" people that could be used to support their cases. If you want to honor people that are victims of police brutality, why does it have to be a black person first of all, and why are you honoring the names of people who lived lives of being criminals? Heck, people still praise Michael Brown as some great kid who was a victim of police brutality. These people need to educate themselves on who they choose to honor and speak more on addressing police brutality.
Like I said, though I support cops, I am all for social justice. What this shows, however, is the complete laziness of these athletes to hold up these people in high regard when there are many other "good" people that could be used to support their cases. If you want to honor people that are victims of police brutality, why does it have to be a black person first of all, and why are you honoring the names of people who lived lives of being criminals? Heck, people still praise Michael Brown as some great kid who was a victim of police brutality. These people need to educate themselves on who they choose to honor and speak more on addressing police brutality.
