NBPA Executive Director Michele Roberts Speaks Out On Racial Double Standard After Capitol Riots
National Basketball Players Association Director Michele Roberts expressed outrage over the Capitol Hill riots in recent comments. She noted how the events reflected the racial double standard in the United States. Roberts said that she had conversations with multiple NBA players throughout the afternoon of Jan. 6 and kept returning to the contrast between the treatment of the Capitol rioters and the decision made by a Wisconsin prosecutor that the police officers who shot Jacob Blake last year will not be charged. “Today started yesterday, when the Jacob Blake shooting was being justified, al...