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Philadelphia Eagles Star Malcolm Jenkins Protests After Trump Snub

HeadlineJun 07, 2018

Members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are speaking out, after they were disinvited by President Trump from a planned team celebration at the White House earlier this week. On Wednesday, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins silently held up a series of signs to reporters in a team locker room in response to their questions about the cancellation. Among the signs Jenkins displayed: “More than 60% of people in prison are people of color,” “Colin Kaepernick gave $1 million to charity,” and “In 2018, 439 people shot and killed by police (thus far).”

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