The Vikings decided to practice on Thursday afternoon after a two-hour meeting that took the place of their morning walk-through as players processed their emotions over the shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday.
Jacob Blake was paralyzed after a white policeman shot seven bullets, hitting him in the back four times, from point-blank range on Monday. The shooting led the Packers, Bears and Lions, among other teams, to cancel practice on Thursday as players took time to discuss the racial justice matters that have occupied a significant share of the nation's conscience in recent months after George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis.