Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall said he was disturbed, sickened and upset after watching on social media Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby shoot and kill an unarmed black man named Terence Crutcher earlier this week, but sadly he wasn’t surprised.
Marshall said killings like Crutcher’s and the numerous other deaths of black men at the hands of police led him to decide to kneel during the national anthem against Carolina, Indianapolis and this weekend against Cincinnati. His plan was always for the protest to be fluid, but Crutcher’s killing has adjusted his potential timeline even further.