Rayshard Brooks‘ widow can’t be much more thankful for LeBron James and the rest of the NBA using a stand with their boycott … and she’s hopeful legitimate modify is on its way.
Tomika Miller tells TMZ … she beamed with pleasure right after the Lakers and the relaxation of the NBA groups made a decision to boycott Wednesday’s playoff video games to provide focus to law enforcement brutality following the taking pictures of Jacob Blake and the 17-12 months-previous who allegedly shot and killed 2 protesters in Kenosha, WI.
Tomika says there’s a large variation involving her getting a stand at her place of work versus the NBA — and a number of MLB, WNBA and MLS teams for that subject — boycotting games. The dimensions of the platform matters, and she states it brings a greater spotlight on the plight of Black People in america.
Tomika reported the players’ actions allow men and women like her know the “little people” are not neglected by the privileged. As you know by now, Tomika’s partner, Rayshard, was shot in the back and killed in June following cops uncovered him asleep at the wheel at an Atlanta generate-thru.
When officers tried using to handcuff him, a struggle ensued — Brooks grabbed an officer’s taser and ran before he was shot in the back again 3 occasions. Generating issues even worse … the relatives attorney states cops waited a lot more than 2 minutes to even examine on Brooks the moment he was down.
Blake also was shot in the back again … 7 times at point-blank selection by Kenosha, WI police officer Rusten Sheskey.
Brooks’ spouse and children attorneys, Christopher Stewart and Ryan Julison, agree with Tomika and believe the professional athlete protests and boycotts will bring adjust far more rapidly because, unfortunately, dollars talks.