NAACP is demanding the Washington Commanders defense coordinator, Jack Del Rio, either resign or be dismissed from his post for his comments about the Jan.6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol.In a now-deleted tweet, Del Rio compared the Jan. 6 insurrection to Black Lives Matter protests and questioned why BLM protests are not being investigated.According to Sports Illustrated, during a press conference held last Wednesday, Del Rio doubled down on his Twitter comments. “Why are we not looking into those things?
Because it’s kind of hard for me to say I can realistically look at it, I see the images on TV, people’s livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down – no problem.
And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down and we’re gonna make that a major deal. I just think it’s kind of two standards.”NAACP President Derrick Johnson said, “It’s time for Jack Del Rio to resign or be terminated.
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