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NAACP Demands Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio Be Fired For Comments About January 6, George Floyd Riots

Tim Meads
NAACP Demands Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio Be Fired For Comments About January 6, George Floyd Riots
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is calling upon the Washington Commanders to fire defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio over comments he made regarding the events on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., as well as violence related to riots sparked by the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

Earlier this week, Del Rio defended his own tweet downplaying the protest that turned into a riot on Capitol Hill over the 2020 presidential election, while saying that the event was a “dust-up.” The NFL defensive coordinator also questioned why more people were not “looking into” riots in the summer of 2020 that left businesses burned to the ground and other damage.

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