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re: #125 HappyWarrior
Wait they’re complaining that Harris was a prosecutor? JFC guys.
The NFL player’s association, in last year’s contract negotiations, got the league to cough up a bunch of money for the players to do political advocacy. The players spent 2018, instead of endorsing candidates for governor or senator, got involved in DA races in their cities.
this forum was one in a series hosted in five different cities across the U.S. by members of the Players Coalition. The local district attorney races in 2018 have been a focal point for NFL players, since DAs control who is charged with crimes and how the person is punished.
According to Jenny Vrentas, “the three Patriots spent a week brainstorming questions about mass incarceration, the juvenile system, immigration and police-community relations. They encouraged the audience members to educate themselves and cast their vote—‘helping communities understand how they can help themselves,’ McCourty said.
It’s a really fucking smart approach. When I saw one of the players talking about it on the Daily Show, I slapped myself for not thinking of it first.
Malcolm Jenkins, inspired by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s election victory last year, is expanding his activism to district attorney races in California.
The star safety on the Super Bowl-champion Eagles told NBC10 in an interview that his appearance moderating public discussions in Sacramento Thursday and in Oakland Friday are the initial stops of what will become a prolonged effort to highlight how important district attorneys are to criminal justice reform.
“Everyone in this reform battle is realizing this is a place where we can quickly see change,” Jenkins said by phone from Oakland. “In California, DAs are being elected in Oakland, San Diego and Sacramento. This is an opportunity to start here and push that reform across the country. We’ve seen the fruits of that in Philadelphia.”
