One other movement that Malone and the …

One other movement that Malone and the NBA coaches are throwing their weight behind: The “Eight Can’t Wait” policies, whose goals are to address and reform police conduct. Most of the policies the initiative calls for were addressed in last week’s historic bill passed in Colorado. “If I don’t speak up, I would be doing my players, the Nuggets and our city a disservice,” Malone told The Denver Post recently. “Silence is no longer acceptable, for any of us. … We have to have the courage to dig deep, to really get to the root cause. Education, voting, civilian oversight within the police department, transparency, hiring processes.”