RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin's time with reporters Thursday began with a statement on race, law enforcement and social activism, reflections that follow the latest police-involved shootings of black men in in the United States.
"This is not an isolated incident," said Baldwin, who is black and the son of a police officer. "This is not an isolated conversation. This is not isolated just to some specific parts of our country. We see that now. And the advancement of technology has proven that, from the video of Rodney King in 1991 to the numerous incidents that we now have visual evidence of today.