Regarding the assault on the United States Capitol this Wednesday by hundreds of followers of the president, Donald Trump, the basketball player Isaiah Thomas said that if the protest had been from the Black Live Matter, the police “ I would have blown heads off. ”
With a mixture of anger and indignation, various sports stars in the United States condemned the assault on the Capitol and accused President Trump of having encouraged these actions by far-rightists.
Isaiah Thomas said that the police would have handled the situation very differently if it had been a protest from Black Lives Matter, “our heads would have been blown off (…) this is crazy.”
Sixers head coach Doc Rivers had a similar reaction saying: “Can you imagine today, if everyone were black storming the Capitol, what would have happened?”
The coach of the Celtics, Brad Stevens, spoke about Trump and rated the Wednesday’s protests as a “shameful end” to his presidency.
Sports stars bitterly compared the violent repression of the authorities against the anti-racist demonstrations of Black Lives Matter last summer with little police action today to stop the occupation of the Capitol.
” American terrorists have stormed the Capitol in Washington ”, said soccer player Megan Rapinoe.
NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe says the violent scene in the nation’s capital reminds him of a third world country , not the United States and believes that today’s events could have a permanent effect on the nation.