Richard Sherman Comments on Recent Police Shootings

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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman used his weekly media availability Wednesday to talk about the deaths of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, both of whom were shot by police.

The Associated Press’ Tim Booth shared a clip of Sherman’s comments:

#Seahawks Richard Sherman did not take questions today. Instead made this statement: pic.twitter.com/UudYnm5PTs

— Tim Booth (@ByTimBooth) September 21, 2016

Pro Football Talk’s Curtis Crabtree (via Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio) transcribed the end of the press conference:

It’s an unfortunate place to be in. There’s not a lot you can tell a kid. There’s not a lot you can try to inspire . . . a person when you say, ‘We need black fathers to be in the community to stay their for your kids,’ but they’re getting killed in the street for nothing, for putting their hands on their cars. And I think that’s the unfortunate part, that’s the unfortunate place that we’re living in. And something needs to be done. And so when a guy takes a knee, you can …

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