Jamal Agnew of the Detroit Lions spoke to reporters after a march on Belle Isle on Friday, June 5, 2020. Detroit Free Press
Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn and team president Rod Wood are among more 1,400 current and former professional athletes, coaches and team personnel who signed a letter from the Players Coalition urging congress to pass a bill ending qualified immunity.
The bill, introduced last week by U.S. representatives Justin Amash, L-Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, would make it easier for citizens to sue police officers who violate their civil rights.
The legislation was a response to the death of George Floyd last month, when a Minneapolis police officer was caught on video kneeling on his neck.