The New York Jets have issued a statement in the wake of the ongoing nationwide protests against police brutality and injustice. These protests have occurred in all 50 states after video emerged of a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes during an arrest. An independent autopsy has ruled Floyd’s subsequent death a homicide and the four officers involved in the incident have since been fired and are facing charges.
Their statement, released on Wednesday, called for unity and also extended a promise to part of the solution to systematic racism.