Opinion: Upset About NFL Players Protest? You Cant See The Forest For The Trees

By Demetrius Harris at Politicus USA

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/24/opinion-upset-nfl-players-protest-forest-trees.html

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Incredibly there is a conservative segment of our country, which believes athletes should remain quiet and count their blessings because of the money they make for playing a game. This ridiculous line of reasoning doesn’t take into account life experiences of players off the field, their families, friends or their background before becoming professional athletes. People of color are not suddenly excused from mistreatment by a broken judicial system or rogue police officers because of the size of their paychecks. To suggest so is to expose yourself as either blinded by jealousy, racism or stupidity. In either case, the assumption has no place in the discussion.

To have a meaningful conversation about police brutality, two sides have first to acknowledge that there is a problem. Our fake POTUS is on record saying he believes the solution to tension between police and minorities is more law and order. There is no more ludicrous suggestion. At no time has he, or his puppet Attorney General Jeff Sessions, have as much as answered a question on the subject since in office. The prospect of meaningful solutions hasn’t been broached by this despicable administration. Sometimes in life, we are forced to make things uncomfortable for those who are at peace with the status quo. Now is one those times and police brutality is one of those issues.

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Professional athletes are responding to a national crisis that is being swept under the rug by a blatant agent of White Supremacy, in Donald Trump. For common sense proof, consider that Trump called White Nationalists and KKK members who protested the removal of a racist monument – and caused the death of Heather Heyer – “fine people.” In comparison, he called black athletes – protesting a culture of police brutality that has resulted in dozens of unnecessary deaths – “Sons of bitches” who should lose their source of employment. His behavior and the calamity that he ignores isn’t normal, and we cannot stand idly by and let this continue.

The next time that you come across someone who is offended by the protests of athletes ask them how they feel about police brutality. Ask if Black Lives Matter to them. Invoke the name of Muhammad Ali and remind them that change doesn’t come about without the powerful standing with the weak. RESIST…


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