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Athletes’ Racial Justice Protest Last Week Made History. But It Wasn’t the First Wildcat Strike in Pro Sports
Pro athletes have gone on strike before over wages, pensions and working conditions, but these protests are about racial justice. It is no accident that Black players, who have talked about their own experiences being racial profiled by police officers, took the lead in organizing the walkouts.
Where Things Stand: These Two Headlines
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
This morning we published two pieces with starkly disturbing headlines within about thirty minutes of each other.
GOPers Keep Falsely Implying A Protester Killed A Federal Officer In Oakland
In fact, the FBI alleged, the murderer had no intention of joining the protests: He "came to Oakland to kill cops."