Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Harry Shipp took to social media on Thursday to share his thoughts on the past few weeks in a long, well-written post.
He begins his message by saying "I started writing something 50 different times over the past few weeks and have found it impossible to capture my emotions with words."
Acknowledging he grew up in an overwhelmingly white community in the Chicago suburbs before attending the University of Notre Dame, Shipp writes "I was always taught (and trusted) that the police would keep me safe if I found myself in a threatening position.