NBA Players Strike in Response to Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

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🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On Wednesday, players for the Milwaukee Bucks declined to take the court for game 5 of their playoff series with the Orlando Magic, to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. The Bucks' action started a ripple effect, where all of Wednesday's games were canceled and more of the league's players, like LeBron James and others, spoke out against police brutality. Wednesday also marked four years since former NFL player Colin Kaepernick first took a knee in protest against racial inequality and police brutality. We'll discuss the latest news and what impact the NBA player strike could have on the greater movement to end racism in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.4	The Milwaukee Bucks ignited a wave of boycotts and protests of the police shooting of Jacob Blake when they refused to play Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, the postponement of multiple
1:24.8	NBA playoff games followed with WNBA players boycotting their games,
1:30.3	Major League Baseball, calling off two games, extended to soccer, even tennis, when Naomi Osaka declined to play her match today.
1:38.1	We're joined now by Adonnell Foyle, 13-year NBA veteran player advocate and author and co-founder of Democracy Matters.
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