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The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.” The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.

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What??? They FINALLY woke up?? Definitely not Hall of Fame caliber like Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Mohammed Ali, Billy Jean King….athletes of their era who didn’t WAIT for a cause to be popular or convenient to be involved. CHARACTER matters & it shows when late to the cookout!!!💯

Except no other players association has said anything. A lot of anger for the first major sports players association to say something. Maybe turn that side eye towards the mlb, NFL, or NHL?

Good on them. One spoke up, and others followed, hopefully to protect against the administration doing to him what they did to Kapernick. Hopefully more sports organizations will follow. The more voices that speak up about how wrong this all is the better.

All well and good, but let's stop with the "fatal shooting" language disinformation as if these EXECUTIONS were anything but intentional cold-blooded MURDERS by trump's ICE goons.

Would be cool if they stop playing the national anthem before games. Just announce "ICE out of Minnesota" or whatever state they terrorize next and then play ball.

The NBPA is a high class organization. I am not a sports fan but I will be a basketball fan and a Timber Wolf fan now and in the future

If there is anything that would make the low-information public take notice, it would be a general strike of the major sports leagues. Good lord can you imagine if the Super Bowl was cancelled, or even delayed?

“I’m not mad at you dude”… Renee Good “Are you okay!??”… Alex Petti These are the last words of the two people who were murdered by ICE/Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Both have been labelled as domestic terrorists by the Trump administration. I know who the real domestic terrorists are…

The people of the USA (& not the left radical scum) are very proud of Minnesota. They are standing up for immigration and citizens rights, due process, against abuse of citizens & immigrants’ constitutional guarantees from torture and death.

Just imagine the power if every pro sports league went on strike until ICE & CBP were FORCED to end these terror sweeps. No Super Bowl. No sports gambling, shut it all down. But Capital demands you keep going, even as your freedoms are crushed. That’s why labor has to be united and push back!

Fans especially ticket holders in the gave have a HUGE CABLE AUDIENCE. If 70% of the attendees left their seats to march around the game venue joined by others it world be telecast across the WORLD!!! Do it and viewing local fans join them!!!!

They arnt doing this because its the right thing to do they are only doing this because they sence the shifting winds. Every last one of these big corporations, including sports organizations must be held accountable for funding this situation.

They are all guilty of promoting and funding this shit when they didnt stand up at the beginning. They should have been the first to demand that the president must not have immunity from his actions. Our politicians should be the ones held to the highest standards of the laws that they implement.

Another reason that NO politician should be able to hold position after 70 at which point if they still wish to serve the people (don't forget that is what they are there for to serve us, anyone of the rich would fire a servant that doesnt do what they were hired for) create advisory roles for them.

Noone should be able to implement any laws that they wont have to deal with the long term consequences of. Anyone above 70 has had the chance to create the world they want to live out there end years, dont allow them to dictate the world that we spend our last years in also.

This last year has felt like 10, this administration is causing half this country purposeful mental anguish. I don't know how this country can endure 3 more years of this shit. I'm fucking tired and mad knowing that this torture will last much longer. How did we not learn from Trump 1.0?? FUCKKKKK!

Until all the billionaires that support this administration withdraw their money support nothing will be done except more murders and lies. This makes them just as guilty as the shooters. You know who you are… so do we!

Good for them. Where in the hell is MLB Players Union and Owners on this. The number of Latin American Players in the majors dictates that their voice needs to be loud. Speak up for your people and the country that offers a path to a life most people cant even dream of. Owners also.Let’s go fellas.

Why does this make me think of Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, mostly alone...oh wait, I know. Because if he'd had support, maybe this act wouldn't have come 10 years later. Not dunking (no pun intended) on the players. It's the billionaire boys club that had the power to back Colin oh so long ago.

Just imagine the power if every pro sports league went on strike until ICE & CBP were FORCED to end these terror sweeps. No Super Bowl. No sports gambling, shut it all down. But Capital demands you keep going, even as your freedoms are crushed. That’s why labor has to be united and push back!

America worships pro athletes. I wonder if they know what power they hold right now. They could just stop playing. Most are wealthy; they're not struggling for basics. 'We're not dancing for you while the government murders people and lies about it. We'll come back when you fix this."

We need more prominent people to use their platforms and help US including corporations! If the government keeps killing citizens who’s gonna be there to keep them rich! This is insane & this time America marches it’s for our country back!

Trump sides with the billionaire owners on everything. This isn't going to phase him at all.

We must have more who speak out. This can not stand. Republicans must go. They still twist to justify these murders. Just as they do with the destruction of NATO. Just as they do with the destruction of healthcare. Just as they do for war crimes.

This is good, but the real impact would come from the unification of college athletes. College athletes forming their own union would be a game-changer! Think about all the D-1 college institutions that make billions from college sports and its athletes, and what their political voices would do. Wow

I wish there was something to do besides cut 'way back on Amazon orders - Sometimes it's necessary to buy from them if something's not available in the small town where I live.

I do. Amazon's a great search engine. When possible, I find another merchant, order directly from them & cut my business with Am. down to about half a dozen items every 1-2 months. The only alternative locally is Walmart - they're not much better-and they don't carry everything needed.

EVAN KILGORE has Been Identified as the Primary Shooter of #AlexPretti there was at least 3 other Gestapo StormTroopers who also Executed him. #ImpeachTrump #Resist Please #Retweet

The NBA shutting down In spring of 2020 Was the first signal to me That Covid was real Lethal And huge #Mm

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If college teams Refuse 2 play If pro teams Take a stand Against the evil If PLAYERS Who White men worship Refuse 2 perform 4 their white oligarch Owners THE SHIFT’LL KEEP SHIFTING Is this on Black Ppl? Absolutely not But in sports White men Get their identities From their teams IT MATTERS #Mm

We need to start demanding more from Hollywood and sports stars! They need to strike! They can easily strike, they aren’t living paycheck to paycheck They make the most money for the billionaires and them not working hurts them more than me not working I am calling for athletes to strike!!

Honestly, I think any pushback you hear about this in the coming days will be toothless and really about making sure they don’t loose any money. Most of these people who want us all to live their neighbors now had no problem going to his resorts and paying him bribes.

Thank you NBA. But How about stopping March Madness and join in cutting the money flow to these profiting sponsors that support Trump? The only way to truly hit them where they can feel it, is in their freaking bank accounts! IT IS OUR DUTY❗️ IT IS OUR RIGHT❗️ STRIKE❗️ STRIKE❗️ STRIKE❗️ STRIKE❗️

The NBA is always first on these things, I would argue mostly pushed by the players. Happened in 2020 when they were in the bubble when they threatened not to play after George Floyd.

They dont even need to cancel it, just move the US games to Canada and Mexico. They are already hosting games. The Olympics however need to start working on a plan NOW.

Look, let's be honest, the workers weren't slaves, they got paid a pittance and they could have died for less in their home country but FIFA was willing to overlook that.

Just meaningless words. Players should refuse to play. Sports fans should refuse to attend games or support the leagues. Unfortunately, neither group has any balls as they are slaves for money. It’s pathetic.

Thank you... we need big platform people and groups stand up for Americans liberties and rights!! Trump must be impeached!!! His regime stopped and face justice!

These leagues have a lot of leverage. What if foreign-born players start to say "I can play somewhere else and get paid, minimal risk of getting caught up in something. Maybe not paid like here, but not horrible."