At the possibility of being accused of seeking to “cancel” Corridor of Fame Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (the very first issue would be, “Cancel him from what?”), it’s significant to emphasize a comment he created Thursday that has activated a Twitter development trifecta of Urlacher, Brett Favre, and former teammate Lance Briggs.
Said Urlacher, on Instagram: “Brett Favre performed the MNF game the day his dad died, threw 4 TDs in the to start with half, and was a legend for actively playing in the face of adversity. NBA gamers boycott the playoffs due to the fact a dude reaching for a knife, desired on a felony sexual assault warrant, was shot by law enforcement.”
Aside from the nonsensical comparison of Favre, who chose to participate in through a own tragedy that experienced no broader societal significance, to the repeated taking pictures in the again of Jacob Blake (a/k/a “a dude) by police, Urlacher takes refuge in the reckless whatabout? narrative that lots of have adopted in the aftermath of the latest movie that displays, to any one with a fair thoughts and a human heart, the use of deadly drive when other non-lethal usually means for subduing a suspect were commonly available.
Jacob Blake was not reaching for a knife. He experienced a knife in the car or truck. (News flash: Plenty of people have knives in their cars.) And as noted before now on our Twitter page, no matter of whether a person has beforehand dedicated crimes or at present is suspected of committing a criminal offense, no just one should be capable to work out the electric power of judge, jury, and executioner over any American citizen without the need of because of process.
The steps of the officers who shot Jacob Blake strike directly to the coronary heart of the problems initially elevated by Colin Kaepernick in August 2016. Individuals who have the skill to use deadly power need to know when and where by to use it, and additional importantly when and the place to not use it. No exertion to forged aspersions on Jacob Blake’s historical past justifies the unloading of a clip into his again with out thanks system, not beneath the situations demonstrated in that video. And anybody who thinks it does must never ever be a police officer.
I did not want to handle Urlacher’s remarks. The issue, however, is that way far too numerous people feel to concur with him. And if in a second like this we are not keen to stand up and shout what is appropriate and what is erroneous, when will we ever do it?
