In the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin, Toronto Raptors players have discussed a potential boycott of Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series against the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot multiple times in the back by a white officer on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as he entered a car with his three children inside. A lawyer for the Blake family told the New York Times that Blake was “attempting to intervene in an argument between two women” when police arrived at the scene.