On Tuesday, Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman called a meeting for the team’s entire personnel department. After all the trauma the state has endured in the wake of the death of George Floyd after a violent encounter with Minneapolis police two weeks ago, Spielman wanted to give his virtual employees a platform to share, speak and learn.
The meeting was emotional, he says, and tears flowed as one scout described the unease he feels whenever he is pulled over by the police during a business trip.
“To sit there and listen to one of our minority scouts tell them that when they travel around this country and they get pulled over … [they think], ‘Is this the last time I’ll have an opportunity to talk to my family?