Reggie Bush Dons “I Can’t Breathe”

“It’s just a terrible situation, you know what I mean,” [Reggie] Bush said. “It’s just unfortunate that this is still happening and that it is still going on and it affects everybody. It doesn’t just affect me, it affects everybody and we’re all in this together.

“I just wanted to wear that on my shirt.”

This hits even closer to Bush because he said his mother has been a police officer for almost 20 years. Bush said he hasn’t spoken with his mother in depth about the situations in New York or Ferguson, Missouri or his own protest, but that he believes she will support him with whatever he says.

On Derrick Rose:

“I saw a picture of it, yeah,” Bush said. “I thought that was really cool. It speaks volumes, you know. We all have, from an athlete standpoint, we all have a voice and I feel we can all be role models and lead by example.”

Jim Caldwell had this to say:

“You’re probably asking the wrong guy that question,” Caldwell said. “I grew up in the 60s, where everybody was socially conscious. I believe in it. I would be a hypocrite if I stood up here and told you any differently but more than likely, some of those protests that Dr. King and some of the others took part in, non-violent protests, is the reason why I am standing here in front of you today.

“So absolutely, no question about it. I don’t mind it.”

“He wasn’t the only NFL player to display the message Sunday. Cleveland Browns cornerback Johnson Bademosi warmed up in a shirt with the message and St. Louis Rams offensive lineman Davin Joseph wore the message on his cleats.”

“Just something seemed flawed about the system and about the way that situation was handled,” Bush said. “I don’t know all the facts of what happened during when Michael Brown was killed, but I just know that a young man lost his life. Was shot how many times? Six? Ten times? Ten times. That’s a little excessive.

“So it goes back to the way the situation was handled, from there to the grand jury. It just seems like, it just turned my stomach.”

via Reggie Bush of Detroit Lions wears ‘I Can’t Breathe’ shirt before game – ESPN.