Doug Baldwin, Anquan Boldin, Malcolm Jenkins and Benjamin Watson penned an Op-Ed to the president by Ryan Wilson @ryanwilson_07 moments ago • 2 min read Earlier this month President Donald Trump, who has long been insistent that NFL players stand for the national anthem, said that he wants to meet with players who have knelt during the anthem to protest social injustice because they’ve “seen a lot of abuse, they’ve seen a lot of unfairness” in their lives. He wants to hear from these players so they can recommend to him people deserving of pardons. On Thursday, four of those players — Doug Baldwin, Anquan Boldin, Malcolm Jenkins and Benjamin Watson — responded in a New York Times Op-Ed. “To be sure, the president’s clemency power can be a valuable tool for redressing injustice,” the letter stated. “Just look at Alice Johnson, age 63, who was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction until her sentence was commuted by President Trump. He should be commended for using his clemency power in that case. “But a handful of pardons will not address the sort of systemic injustice that NFL players have been protesting. These are problems that our government… Read full this story
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