Outrage Over NFL Protests

You have the right to express your outrage when NFL players refuse to stand for the national anthem. You also have the opportunity.

Freddie Gray doesn't have that opportunity.

Philando Castillo doesn't have that opportunity.

Ricky Ball doesn't have that opportunity.

Keith Lamont Scott doesn't have that opportunity.

Rekia Boyd doesn't have the opportunity.

Eric Garner doesn't have that opportunity.

Walter Scott doesn't have that opportunity.

Alton Sterling doesn't have that opportunity.

Michael Brown, who was 18 when he was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, does not have that opportunity.

Laquan McDonald (17) doesn't have that opportunity.

Jordan Edwards (15) does not have that opportunity.

Tamir Rice, who was a happy 12-year-old when a Cleveland police officer shot him from a moving patrol car, does not have the opportunity to criticize the behavior of protesting professional sportsmen.

The next time you see an athlete kneeling or sitting during the national anthem and you feel outraged by this public display of disobedience, consider focusing some of that outrage on the situations that inspired these protests in the first place. Everyone's life matters - police, citizens, everyone.

Copyright © 2017 Daniel R. South 

All Rights Reserved