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Tyreek Hill, Florida’s Police Record, and the NFL

The union is designed to improve the working conditions of NFL players, both on and off the field. Whether the union successfully meets the workers’ needs is another topic for another discussion.

The union has not released a statement about Tyreek Hill’s brutal arrest.

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16| STEALING HOME: LA, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between w/ Eric Nusbaum

On May 9, 1959, Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies forcefully removed and arrested Aurora Vargas, daughter of Abrana and Manuel Aréchiga.

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EP 4: “Our Enemies in Blue” Episode-Police Shoot Jacob Blake and NBA, LeBron, and George Hill Respond, Malcolm X and Toronto Raptors Boycotting ECSF Game 1?

In today’s episode, I will be discussing Police Violence and the continued police killings of Black People. Specifically, I will focus today’s show on the shooting of Jacob Blake by Police in Wisconsin this past Sunday and the outrage from the black community and NBA players like George Hill and LeBron James

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Episode 3: LeBron James and “More Than a Vote” Fighting Against Black Voter Suppression…Plus NBA Playoffs 1st Round Predictions

Hey everyone! My name is Miguel Garcia and I’m the host of the Sports As A Weapon Podcast…A working-class sports

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The differences in Shannon Sharpe’s and Bob Costas Responses to NFL Protest is All About Race…

  Since this past Sunday’s major protests across the NFL in response to President Donald Trump calling NFL Black players

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Sports as a Weapon is Alive on the Morning of the First Sunday of the 2017 NFL Season

  Hey everyone this site is still alive! I have been really busy with grad school and life that I

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Richard Sherman vs. Michael Bennett and the issue with “Respectability Politics”

*I originally wrote this on my Facebook page on September 17th but have since updated it for the site. I

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Ferguson, #ChangeTheName, and White Supremacy Entangled

So as you all may have heard (unless you live under a rock), White police officer Darren Wilson was not

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