Clemson’s Dabo Swinney calls shooting of Jacob Blake ‘disgusting and disappointing’
Clemson’s team meeting time wasn’t spent discussing football on Wednesday.
Instead, Clemson’s coaching staff and players spent more than an hour talking about the pain the team felt in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The team meeting had been scheduled to last 10 minutes.
Blake was shot by an officer with the Kenosha Police Department.
Clemson’s discussion occurred on the same day several sporting events were postponed around the country, including the NBA playoffs and the WNBA’s schedule of games.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney shared his thoughts on the shooting following Wednesday’s practice.
“We had a long conversation as a team about all of that and there’s really no words to describe it other than just incredibly disgusting and disappointing to see something like that take place,” Swinney said. “If there is a positive, it’s hard to find a positive, but if there is one, hopefully the awareness that’s been created since May and high alertness, if you will, to make sure that people are held accountable and things are done right. But it’s just really.... you don’t have any words for it.”
“Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake, 29, while holding onto his shirt after officers first unsuccessfully used a Taser and as Blake leaned into his vehicle during an incident Sunday evening,” the AP reported.
A family lawyer said Blake was paralyzed in the shooting, according to the AP.
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