NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated the league’s support for players fighting for racial justice and protesting police violence.Citing a police officer shooting Jacob Blake in the back on Aug.
23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Goodell said the incident has “brought forth more feelings of anger, frustration, anguish, fear for many of us in the NFL family.”The investigation into the police shooting of Blake, who is Black, is ongoing.“The NFL stands with the Black community, the players, clubs and fans,” Goodell said Tuesday. “Confronting recent systemic racism with tangible and productive steps is absolutely essential.