On Sunday, Washington’s star wide receiver DeSean Jackson became the latest athlete to make a statement about police killings. Colin Kaepernick’s critics are ignoring the target of his protest | Bryan Armen Graham Read moreNFL rules prohibit players from wearing shoes that are not black or white with a team color. “We stand in support of both DeSean and the law enforcement community,” the team statement said. He also chose to make his statement through shoes than by sitting or kneeling for the national anthem, as Kaepernick and others have done. In using his shoes, Jackson is also one of the first to defy league rules by wearing apparel that makes a protest during a game.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2016 17:39 UTC