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Troy Vincent moved to tears while talking about NBA protests, police brutality

Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, went on the ESPN radio show “Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin” on Thursday, and one of the first questions he was asked was about the NBA’s wildcat strike in protest of systemic racism and the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Vincent, a former cornerback who spent 15 years in the NFL, was immediately moved to tears when talking about the NBA and WNBA players who protested. As a Black man with three sons under the age of 25, all of this is personal for Vincent.

“This s--- is — it’s gotta end.