Malcolm Jenkins raises fist during anthem

Posted by Mike Florio on August 9, 2018, 7:43 PM EDT
AP

Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins suggested that a statement would be coming from players regarding the anthem. On Thursday night, it arrived.

Jenkins stood on the sideline and raised a fist during the national anthem, reprising a pre-game gesture he made during the 2017 season. Jenkins should not face any potential punishment, since the NFL previously suspended the enforcement of the anthem policy passed in May, necessarily allowing players to protest during the anthem without consequence.

During pregame warm-ups, Jenkins and other Eagles wore a T-shirt that said “More than 60% of prison populations are people of color” on the front and “nearly 5,000 kids are in adults prisons and jails” on the back.

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  5. The for profit prison system is little more than modern day slavery. They make zero attempt to rehabilitate and do everything to ensure repeat offenders.

  6. Maybe, just maybe they should not focus on the fact that they are in jail, but the choices they made that got them there. They want to be the victims but ignore the victims of their crimes. That racist fist Jenkins holds in the air is equivalent to a Nazi salute. Disgusting and he should be banned for life from the NFL for doing it!!

  11. During pregame warm-ups, Jenkins and other Eagles wore a T-shirt that said “More than 60% of prison populations are people of color” on the front and “nearly 5,000 kids are in adults prisons and jails” on the back.

    I guess they shouldn’t commit so many crimes then.

  12. When you make up 15% of then general population but 60% of the prison population, you may have a cultural problem ..but let’s just ignore that & blame it on white people.

  14. The people who have an issue with the law are the ones who have a reputation with the law.

  19. Maybe he was raising a fist for the victims of the drive by shooting in north Philly last night. Six shot, two died including an aspiring rap artist. I assume oppression was the shooters agenda.

  23. I agree, it is amazing that less than 15% of the population creates that many crimes that they make up 60% of the prison population.

  25. That tee shirt tells me that 60% of the prison population who committed a crime and were FOUND GUILTY were men of color. Notice how I said found guilty.

  29. He’s disgusting and doesn’t want to hear the facts. You will never be able to convince him of anything except playing the victim.

  35. Stop committing crimes and you’ll stop going to jail.

    It really is that simple.

  36. Malcom is a racist. It isn’t 15% of the population it is more like 6% (males).

    If the 60% figure is true it seems way too low.

  38. Now we see his agenda. It’s just like a certain other organization whose demands are that every person of color be released from incarceration. I’d be really impressed if Jenkins went into one of those neighborhoods and lived there to show it’s not that bad. But he won’t. I’m sure he lives in an up-scale neighborhood because he wants to avoid crime. Doesn’t that seem like a double standard?

  40. Politicians should stay out of football, football players should stay out of politics!

  41. For someone who appears to be a smart guy, Jenkins says and does some stupid things. That’s like men wearing shirts that say 90% of prisoners are men. Guess why? Because men commit the most crime.

  42. I am all for it. It does not hurt anyone and they are fighting for causes they believe in. People should applaud it.

  43. All of you clowns sitting in your ivory towers. You must get light headed. Tell you all something….if you get Trump to sing the exact words to the National Anthem on video, I’ll get worked up about the NFL protests. I’m more disgusted we have a hypocritical president who doesn’t even know the words to our own National Anthem. Those words mean mean something to me.

  44. harrisonhits2 says:
    August 9, 2018 at 7:56 pm
    The for profit prison system is little more than modern day slavery. They make zero attempt to rehabilitate and do everything to ensure repeat offenders.

    ————————-
    Did the repeat offenders do anything that contributed to them being in prison or is it just the systems fault?

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