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A poll conducted by Yahoo News/YouGov, shows that a majority of Americans now support a right to protest during the national anthem for NFL players.

The NFL Players Coalition has amassed 1,400 signatures from players, coaches, staff, and front office, current and retired, in support of a bill that would make end qualified immunity for police.

A growing number of athletes are making a show of their support for the Black Lives Matter cause, including Mike Tyson, Steph Curry, members of the NHL, WNBA, and NASCAR, and others.

Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” actor and civil rights activist Samuel Jackson called the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests the “labor pains” of systemic change.

Monday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said it was “outdated, and it is actually wrong and backward to think that more police officers will create more safety,” while discussing police reform in light of the death of George Floyd.

Democrat lawmakers, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), are facing overwhelming backlash after opting to wear Kente cloth during their nearly nine-minute moment of silence in a show against police brutality.

According to reports, the NFL will turn a blind eye to player protests during the airing of the national anthem.

Wearing black shirts that said, “If You Ain’t With Us, You Against Us,” dozens of Denver Broncos players, coaches, and staff, led a Black Lives Matter protest in Denver on Saturday.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he’s “embarrassed as a white person,” to watch the way George Floyd was killed in the streets of Minneapolis. He also said the killing was a “lynching,” and said that the burden must now shift to white people to identify instances of racism.

The black-clothed Antifa activists who are leading the anti-police riots are the discarded, angry college-grade workforce of an increasingly high-tech, globalized economy, say a variety of experts and millennials.

Americans’ confidence in their police departments has barely moved since 2014, even amid the national uproar over the police-caused death of a black man in Minneapolis, according to a June 3 poll by National Public Radio (NPR) and the PBS NewsHouse.

Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand plan to donate $100 million to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education,” over the next ten years.

NFL players from across the league have gathered for a 70-second video demanding that the NFL deliver a message about Black Lives Matter.

The Jacksonville Jaguars decided take to the streets and launch their own protest against police brutality on Friday, marching from their stadium to the local sheriff’s department.

Drew Brees apologized for saying that he viewed NFL anthem protests as disrespectful to the flag less than 24 hours after saying it, the first time. Twelve hours later, he would apologize again.

Kyle Shanahan believes “white people” have gotten over their “ignorance,” and are now more “passionate” about issues having to do with social justice.

Pro coaches, including Pete Carroll, Steve Kerr, and Gregg Popovich, sang national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick’s praises this week for taking “a stand” on social justice issues.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he still disagrees with Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem.

On Tuesday, Oklahoma State star linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga said he tested positive for the coronavirus after he attended a protest in Tulsa.

Broncos head coach Vic Fangio says that the death of George Floyd is more of a “societal issue,” that everyone will have to work to figure out. However, as for the NFL, he sees a “league of meritocracy” and “doesn’t see racism.”

Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear resigned from his position on Tuesday, after recently tweeting “ALL LIVES MATTER” in response to a question about Black Lives Matter.

Various pro sports teams across all leagues joined “Blackout Tuesday” with tweets in support of Black Lives Matter.

Nike, Adidas, and other sportswear retailers have discovered that being “woke” and supporting left-wing policies, does not protect them from looting.

English Premier League players will be able to show solidarity with the George Floyd justice campaign during games without the prospect of facing sanctions.

There is “no clear evidence” white supremacists are participating in the rioting and looting sweeping U.S. cities across America following the death of George Floyd, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) conceded in a New York Times report published Sunday.

Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban has a message for white people when it comes to race relations in America.

Tiger Woods is speaking out for the first time since George Floyd’s death, saying his heart goes out to Floyd, his family and everyone who is hurting right now.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman had strong words of condemnation for those who are looting and rioting in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.

USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn has stepped in and banned a booster for “abhorrent and blatantly racist” tweets, which called for the police to use deadly force against those rioting in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

Several Democrats, including far-left “Squad” members, are demanding a resolution condemning police brutality as violent protests and Antifa-like violence engulf cities across America following the death of George Floyd.

UFC Champion Jon “Bones” Jones was not having any of the rioting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he confronted the looters to their faces.

Former Denver Broncos linebacker and anthem protester Brandon Marshall, sees the civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd as a “natural” reaction of people who are “fed up” with the slow pace of change when it comes to addressing social justice issues.

Raiders Owner Mark Davis expressed grief and outrage over the death of George Floyd. However, he also told people that “burning your brother’s house down” is not the answer.

Police have arrested a man suspected of setting fire to Nashville’s Historic Courthouse on Saturday, during a series of riots in response to the death of George Floyd.

NBA legend Michael Jordan believes the best way for the country to move forward in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death is to put “pressure” on elected leaders to “change our laws,” or use their right to vote to create “systemic change.”

A former ESPN writer is being called a hypocrite for urging rioters to burn down the inner city, then chastising them when they attacked his neighborhood.