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"I can't breathe": U.S. sports stars step up protests of police slayings

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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:57 am

Prominent professional athletes this weekend continued to join nationwide protests against the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men who were killed by police in separate incidents in St. Louis and New York City.

Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush (pictured above) wrote “I Can’t Breathe” — Garner’s last words when he was choked to death by an NYPD officer in July — on a blue t-shirt that he wore on the field during pre-game warm-ups before Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay, and Cleveland Browns defensive back Johnson Bademosi wrote the same message on the back of the shirt he wore during warm-ups for his game against Indianapolis

http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/12/08/3600602/pro-athletes-protest-eric-garners-death-with-i-cant-breathe-messages/

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Post by veya_victaous Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:06 am

Respect... More of the high profile athletes should be doing this
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Post by Ben Reilly Tue Dec 09, 2014 4:58 am

veya_victaous wrote:Respect... More of the high profile athletes should be doing this

It's fantastic, because if there's anything a lot of Americans are going to notice it's what these athletes are doing. Way better than any political talk show or evening news broadcast.
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