Quarterback Cam Newton of the New England Patriots broke his silence on the recent news on Breonna Taylor. A grand jury did not charge any officers of the Louisville, Kentucky police officers that shot and killed Taylor in her home – after entering her home using a no-knock warrant (i.e. walking in without notifying her of their presence).
Newton had a 20-minute conversation with journalists following the seismic news, which kicked off widespread protests around the country. Some of Newton’s statement can be found below via Boston CBS4 WBZ:
“Oh, my — well … I mean .. it’s … I don’t know. You just have to — and I hate to, you know, be so bland or … like, you’ve just got to side-eye certain situations as an African-American sometimes. Well, a lot of times here recently at this country. I believe it was Lamar [Jackson] who just said is the land of the free, but in many than just once have I not felt that that statement applied to people that look like me.”
Clearly, this matter means a lot to Cam Newton, who wore cleats before the Patriots’ first game of the season featuring slogans of social justice and calling for an end to systemic oppression and racism at the hands of police officers towards Black people.
Newton continued:
“No matter if they’re a citizen, no matter if they’re a police officer, no matter if they’re rich, poor, whatever. Right is right, and wrong is wrong. And at the end of the day, it’s just all about accountability. No matter what your title is before all or at the end of the day, you’re still a human being. And from one human to another, no matter how you look, no matter how you act, no matter how you whatever, I teach my children to treat everybody with respect, just it was taught to me.”
Powerful words from the Patriots QB.
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