A few years back whilst the mass media was very smitten with professional athletes supporting social justice causes, Doug Baldwin and members of the Seattle Police Department met in the Seahawks team facility in Renton for a conversation. He had this to say of his meeting:
“I don’t want to share who it was with or what it was about (referring to the SPD meeting), but it was a learning experience. The reason why I don’t want to share what it was about is because it’s not about being political. We’re just trying to learn. … It’s not really a publicity stunt or something we want to give publicity to because we’re working diligently on solutions.