Demario Davis Takes Social Activism To Another Level
The Lead
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🗓️ 19 November 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Saints linebacker Demario Davis believes in a hands-on approach to social activism. The New Orleans star has handed out water in Flint, fought for bail reform in New York, and traveled to both sides of U.S.-Mexico border to give out blankets and backpacks. And, earlier this year, he helped bail out an ICE detainee. The Athletic's Katherine Terrell joins to explain how Davis's transformation into athlete-activist has grown out of his faith and his own history with the law.
Read Katherine Terrell's profile of Demario Davis:
https://theathletic.com/1284297/2019/10/11/they-just-gave-me-back-my-life-inside-what-fuels-demario-davis-humanitarian-efforts/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | First of all, Kavita, welcome back from Wine Country. |
| 0:07.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:08.2 | And thank you for the fancy chocolates, though I felt bad eating them. |
| 0:11.2 | They were like little works of art. |
| 0:12.6 | Well, yeah, they were. |
| 0:13.6 | But I had to bring you something for holding down the fort while I was pretty much stuffing |
| 0:17.3 | my face with wine and pastries. |
| 0:18.8 | Sounds amazing. |
| 0:19.8 | But now you have to bring me back something from San Diego next week. |
| 0:23.0 | Beer, is that what they're known for? |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah, I hope you like sour beer. |
| 0:25.8 | I do. |
| 0:26.8 | I do. |
| 0:27.8 | It's having a moment. |
| 0:28.8 | And while you're away, Colin Kaepernick was of course back in the news. |
| 0:33.0 | And that means there's also been a lot of talk again about athlete activism. |
| 0:40.4 | Today we have the story of a player who takes a very hands-on approach to activism. |
| 0:45.4 | Demario Davis, Starline Backer for the New Orleans Saints, who's done a lot of work around |
| 0:50.6 | bail reform. |
| 0:52.4 | And earlier this year, he literally bailed out an iced detainee. |
| 0:57.1 | Demario Davis of the New Orleans Saints and Josh Norman of the Washington Redskins contributed |
| 1:02.5 | to the $50,000 bond for Jose Bello, a Baker-Spilt college student, living in the US illegally. |
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