Several Detroit Lions players and head coach Matt Patricia were on hand for a freedom march and rally at Belle Isle in Detroit on Friday.
Former Lions running back Joique Bell, a Michigan native, organized the event alongside former Detroit mayoral candidate Ken Snapp, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
"It isn't just a march just to say we did it," Bell told Birkett on Thursday. "It's to march and then to start a dialogue and to bridge that gap with the civilians who are Detroit citizens and also with the local police and the state police, and ultimately kind of be the staple of this is how you should go about creating a change.