The NBA has launched a historic sports boycott that has spread with an emphasis on changes over national public safety reforms.
Trouble in Kenosha, Wisconsin began earlier this week when police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back as the 29-year-old Black man tried to enter an SUV where his three children sat. Following nights of unrest, two people were killed and one was injured amid gunfire. Authorities arrested a 17-year-old white youth who has often praised police and charged him with homicide in what officials described as a vigilante act.
American athletes are finally putting a limit on what they will allow happening because they feel something is really wrong.
Some things must be made clear The strike of NBA playoff games by players, coaches, and front-office personnel is a watershed moment in the history of sports in the U.S. https://apnews.com/313150f407d5d68eaa60f93554a5f43e
The Milwaukee Bucks began the protest Wednesday afternoon in honor of Jacob Blake, the Wisconsin man shot in the back by police Sunday evening. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2020/08/26/live-coverage-bucks-vs-magic-game-5/3442100001/
“His kids will never unsee that. His family will never unsee that. And frankly, I will never unsee it,” said Jaylen Brown, a member of the Boston Celtics, of the Blake shooting. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/25/sports/troubled-by-jacob-blake-shooting-raptors-discuss-boycotting-playoff-series-against-celtics/?event=event25
Major league baseball players also chose not to play Wednesday in protest. https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2020-08-26/dodgers-giants-elect-not-play-wednesdays-game
How the NBA became the favorite target of White conservatives. https://newrepublic.com/article/159060/nba-trump-black-lives-matter-coronavirus-2020
An inevitable strike was foreseen by many. https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/milwaukee-bucks-boycott-nba-playoffs-jacob-blake.html
