Following its introduction by Derrick Rose a few days ago, athletes across the world have used their platforms to show support and pay their respects for the life of Eric Garner. With the awareness of police brutality at new heights in America, last night the Los Angeles Lakers used their big stage to wear “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts to show their support and understanding for the issue at hand.
Kobe had this to say following his win against the Sacramento Kings,
“I think it would be a serious disservice to limit this to a race issue. It’s a justice issue,” he said. “You’re kind of seeing a tipping point right now, in terms of social issues. It’s become now at the forefront right now as opposed to being a local issue. It’s really been something that has carried over and spilled into the mainstream, so when you turn on the TV and you watch the news or you follow things on social media, you don’t just see African-Americans out there protesting.
“It’s become a thing where people are really standing up for their rights and really questioning the justice system and questioning the process of the legal system and those who have authority — and whether or not they’re abusing authority and what’s the threshold to use deadly force and so forth and so on. But that’s what our nation is founded on, man. We have the ability to question these things in a peaceful fashion. That’s what makes us a great country. We have the ability to voice up, we have the platform to speak up and we have the platform to affect change.”
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