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Chiefs' Mitchell Schwartz Posts Message on Anti-Semitism, Supporting BLM

Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz posted a message decrying anti-Semitism in the wake of recent posts and comments made by NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson and former NBA player Stephen Jackson and said he hoped this was an opportunity for the Jewish community and Black Lives Matter movement to stand together.

Schwartz tweeted:

DeSean Jackson apologized for a second time Tuesday after he posted Monday anti-Semitic rhetoric that had been incorrectly attributed to former German dictator Adolf Hitler. According to ESPN, the text in question said in part that white Jews "will blackmail America.