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“We live in a broken world, not holding each other accountable enough for the simple things in life.”
Joe Mazzulla and Jaylen Brown have expressed strong thoughts about Tire Nichols’ death. AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Jaylen Brown put things into perspective following the Celtics’ dramatic overtime victory over the Lakers on Saturday.
Saturday’s game came about 24 hours after body camera footage of Tyre Nichols’ death was released. Nichols, a 29-year-old black man from Memphis, Tennessee, was beaten by police in a traffic stop on Jan. 7 and died three days later.
Brown admitted, “It was tough playing the game in the midst of all the viral videos flying around and creating such trauma.”
“I would be lying if I said something like that has never happened before or could happen again,” Brown said. I think we can keep using words like, but until we see the foundation and how things were started, created and designed, I think we’ll continue to face the same problem.”
A longtime vocal advocate for social justice and police reform, Mr Brown has never lost his desire to see the change he wants to see, even in cases like Nichols’ death. I said yes.
“Some people want the world to change and keep moving forward, while others are happy with the way things are in the world,” Brown said. “I keep challenging those people because it doesn’t matter if it benefits your pocket or your financial opportunity.
“We have to move society forward and in many ways we have to do better. So my condolences to the bereaved families for what happened in Memphis. Watch the video to the end.” We couldn’t, but as we’ve said many times and will continue to say, our society needs to do better.”
Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzurra said on behalf of the Celtics and his family, along with Nichols’ mother and family, “we want to pray for the soul of Tyre Nichols,” during Saturday’s pregame press conference. rice field.
“My heartfelt prayers go out to their families. I hope they understand their grief and situation and that they open up to me,” Mazura said. “I think there are multiple things here. There are systemic issues, there are cultural issues, there are leadership issues. There is a bigger issue than that — this is a broken world.
“We live in a broken world, and we don’t hold each other accountable enough for the simple things in life: love, respect, treating our neighbors right, and loving our neighbors. We celebrate pride, we celebrate arrogance, we celebrate entitlement, and sometimes feeling like you can do whatever you want, but that’s just not how this world works.
“So the Celtics organization mourns that. It really matters, that’s all.”
When asked how he balances real-world issues while preparing for basketball games as head coach, Mazura said: I am someone who shows up every day to help people. “
“That’s how you think you should look at it: I don’t coach basketball, I care about the people next to me, the people I can influence, the people I don’t care as much about basketball, I can help,” Mazura said. “It is the foundation of love and faith and respect and understanding of men, no matter what you do or who you are. It’s not about being there, I think that’s a message we can learn from.”
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