BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT SEVEN
YEARS.
HERE'S WHAT KENOSHA'S MAYOR IS
SAYING.
We need to make sure that we
help create or stop this divide
and this anger that is going on
this country and that only
begins with each one of us
willing to honestly talk with
each other."
BLAKE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN
MILWAUKEE...HIS FAMILY SAYS HE'S
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
***FLOREZ***
FANS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCCER,
BASEBALL, AND BASKETBALL SAW
PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
... USING THEIR PLATFORM TO
BOYCOTT AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SOME APPLAUDED -- OTHERS
DISAPPROVED.
ABC 4'S ROSIE NGUYEN HAS
LOCAL REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE DISCUSSION.
PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY CHOSE TO BOYCOTT
WEDNESDAY IN THEIR STRONGEST
STATEMENT YET AGAINST POLICE
BRUTALITY AND RACIAL INJUSTICE.
THEY SAY THEY WERE
PROTESTING THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
Marlin Lynch III / West Valley
City resident: "One person said,
'You know, just show up and
dribble' and that really hurt my
heart because I was an athlete
at one time.'"
HERE IN UTAH ... RE-AL SALT
LAKE POSTPONED THEIR WEDNESDAY
MATCH, SENDING FIVE THOUSAND
FANS HOME.
THE MOVE DREW SUPPORT *AND
CRITICISM FROM UTAHNS ACROSS THE
STATE.
Janeta Jeffrey / Magna resident:
"The players, they should like
be with the officers for at
least a week or two to kind of
see what they go through
everyday."
OTHERS UTAHNS IN
DISAGREEMENT SAY PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES SHOULD KEEP POLITICS
OUT OF SPORTS AND USE SOCIAL
MEDIA INSTEAD TO EXPRESS THEIR
BELIEFS.
FANS WHO SUPPORTED THE MOVE
SAY THEY COMMEND THE ATHLETES
FOR USING THEIR PLATFORM TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST RACIAL
INJUSTICE AND BIGOTRY.
Ken Pedersen / Salt Lake City
resident: "I am very proud to
call myself a fan. Part of the
reason I love following the NBA
is they have spoken out on these
issues for many years."
NO MATTER WHERE FANS STAND
... THE TOPIC OF RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE
WILL LIKELY COME UP AGAIN IN THE
WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
Rosie Nguyen / @ABC4Rosie (Tag):
THE JAZZ AND NUGGETS WILL *NOT
PLAY GAME SIX ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT ... BUT
PLAYERS SAY THEY PLAN TO FINISH
