On Sunday, Alabama head football coach Nick Saban released a statement in regards to the recent tragedies which occurred over the past number of days in Minneapolis, beginning with the tragic death of George Floyd.
The statement read:
“I am shocked and angered by the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Abrery. We’re at an important moment for our country, and now is the time for us to choose kindness, tolerance, understanding, empathy, and most importantly … it’s time to love each other. Every life is precious, and we must understand we have so much more things that unite us than divide us.
“I’ve always been inspired and encouraged by examples set by those who came before us like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and so many others who devoted their lives to finding peaceful ways to rid our society of social inequalities. As Dr. King said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’ We are all part of this and we must banish these types of injustices in not just our country, but our world. The ultimate future of our nation is in our hands, and like the teams I’ve been privileged to coach, we must depend on and respect each other no matter our differences. We must come together as a society and treat one another with respect and dignity.”
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) May 31, 2020
There was a peaceful protest held at the Federal Courthouse Building in Tuscaloosa, AL on Sunday as well as a number of other cities have over the weekend.
Alabama president Stuart R. Bell along with athletic director Greg Byrne also released statements on Sunday.
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Patrick Dowd is a Reporter for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter, via Pat_Dowd77
