Holder praises NBA stars for 'I can't breathe' shirts

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Source: The Hill

Attorney General Eric Holder said he thought was “a good thing” that NBA players were protesting the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner by wearing “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts during the warm-ups before games.

“For them to get out there and to express in that way a social conscience, I think goes back to maybe people that these guys don’t even know or my son has a vague awareness of, to Jackie Robinson, who is seen as not only a great athlete, but as an involved, thinking, caring black man,” Holder told the Chicago Sun-Times.

“And to have LeBron [James], Derrick Rose and others who wore those ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirts, that shows a level of involvement. It shows a depth to them beyond just being great ballplayers.”

Holder also said that, for many people, including his own teenage son, top athletes were more important than political figures.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/227133-holder-praises-nba-stars-for-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts

[Maineman]

1. I agree with Holder!

[uhnope]

14. +1

[Euphoria]

2. I am reminded of

That tee shirt with: "my fill-in-the-blank" went to "fill-in-the-blank" and all I got was this tee shirt.

Holder better do more than what he's been doing so far which has been limited to talking, supposedly looking into, and thinking.

[riversedge]

3. In solidarity Thank you.

[Reter]

4. So if he agrees, can't he do something?

[easychoice]

5. Tell the cops to knock it off you prick

All he has to do is pick up the phone and this shit ceases.

[Cha]

7. "..you prick".. show some respect.

[easychoice]

9. show some yourself.Holder is a puppet.

All he has to do is say enough is enough! And that will start the stop.
You are right though,I should have more respect for pricks.He's a moron,OK?
At least that what my lawyer calls him.What does your lawyer call him?Do you even know any lawyers?

[Cha]

10. No, he's not.. you have no idea what you're going on about. Nothing about the cops who do this..

just call AG Holder "you prick". Says everything about you and nothing about the Attorney General.

[Central Scruitinizer]

6. The sad part is

that this is about as far as the US Attorney General will ever get towards fixing the situation.

[Cha]

8. You have no idea what's being done to fix this crisis.. but that doesn't stop the cheap pot shots.

[JI7]

12. it's fucking disgusting, but many do blame the black guys for everything

there was a post hte other day blaming obama for black kids being killed.

[DeSwiss]

11. Of course if one replaces cops with bankers.......

"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions police departments becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy social controls and fear-factors we've put into our society, perhaps even the world economy society. And I think that is a function of the fact that some of these institutions police departments have become too large." Eric Holder, The Hill

- K&R

[Hekate]

13. KnR. Thanks, AG Holder, for speaking out publicly. It matters that you do so. nt