Wednesday was a wild day for everyone who lives in the United States.
Rioters stormed the Capitol building in Washington D.C. with the attempt to stop the certification of president-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory. People across the country were outraged by the fact that rioters were so easily able to enter and stay in the Capitol building. Patriots running back Damien Harris was appalled and went to Twitter with his immediate reaction.
“We’re not asking you to shoot them like you shoot us, we’re asking you to NOT shoot us like you don’t shoot them,” Harris quote-tweeted Baltimore Ravens’ Davontae Harris. “Everybody please read this. Then read it again… Then read it AGAIN.”
Everybody please read this. Then read it again… Then read it AGAIN. https://t.co/cxHmhffMhp
— Damien Harris (@DHx34) January 7, 2021
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown was another Massachusetts athlete who spoke freely on the topic.
“I think that America is kind of built on a lot of racism,” Brown said, transcribed by Boston.com. “That’s the foundation, and we don’t even flinch or shift out of any of those idea. I think it was common sense for a lot of people to be upset and things like that, so all of us felt the same way.
“But using this platform that we have is important to us. We are role models, we are members of our community, we do have people looking up to us, and we want the next generation to know where we stand. We want the next generation to know like, hopefully it’s better than this one. So we want to continue to keep those conversations alive. We want to compartmentalize, but at the same time, we want to voice our opinions through the media, through our platforms, through our influence to let people know this is not okay.”
Patriots players have been extremely vocal about social injustices this year and they will continue to voice their opinions, which is extremely necessary.
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