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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman chose to make a statement on police violence and racial injustice instead of answering&amp;nbsp;questions from reporters on Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sherman briefly discussed the upcoming game against the 49ers before explaining his stance and decision. His comments came in wake of the recent killings of black men Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott by police officers, and as players across the league protest during the national anthem. The Seahawks demonstrated for unity as a team in Week 1, after&amp;nbsp;Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick started sitting and later kneeling during the anthem in the preseason.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think you have players that are trying to take a stand and trying to be aware of social issues and try to make a stand and increase people's awareness and put a spotlight on it and they\u2019re being ignored,\u201D Sherman said. \u201CWhether they\u2019re taking a knee or whether they\u2019re locking arms, they\u2019re trying to bring people together and unite them for a cause. I think the last couple days a couple more guys have gotten shot and killed in the middle of the street.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CMore videos have come out of guys getting killed in the middle of the street. More videos have come out of guys getting killed, and I think people are still missing the point. The reason these guys are kneeling, the reason we\u2019re locking arms is to bring people together to make people aware that this is not right. It\u2019s not right for people to get killed in the street.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sherman went on to discuss the impact police brutality has, particularly in black communities, and closed by referencing Kaepernick's protest. &amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201C...So when a guy takes a knee, you can ignore it. You can say he\u2019s not being patriotic, he\u2019s not honoring the flag. I\u2019m doing none of those things. I\u2019m saying it straight up.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThis is wrong and we need to do something. So thank you guys, have a blessed day.\u201D\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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