Panthers, NFL monitoring protests in advance of Sunday game

Demonstrations and protests have been prevalent in Charlotte after the officer-involved shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott.

Panthers president Danny Morrison said the team has been in contact with government officials, as well as Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and National Football League headquarters. That clears a lot of things up for a lot of people.

“The protest deal, that’s cool if they want to do it, but I think simply doing it doesn’t do (anything)”, he said.

Continued Davis: “It’s to a point now where people are feeling like they can’t trust the police and it shouldn’t be that way”.

Diggs was not listed on the injury report, meaning he will play on Sunday.

“It’s just unfortunate. But the thing about it is these things have been going on for decades and decades on end”. What if things spiral out of control like last night?

After the dashboard camera and police body-cam videos were released, a fifth day of protests against Scott’s fatal shooting was largely peaceful.

The game, scheduled for 1:00pm on Sunday afternoon, is expected to not be in jeopardy due to the early afternoon kickoff time. Pat McCrory declaring the area to be under a state of emergency.

“If he had a gun in his hand, I couldn’t see it”. Maybe my face is burning, my eyes are burning. “So that’s the part that, kind of, didn’t make it better for me”.

Boston, who is African-American, said he does believe that there is sometimes racial bias in policing. The Carolina Panthers quarterback also reiterated his efforts to take a proactive stance on matters in the Charlotte community via his foundation.

“I feel like America has a problem”, Boston said.

What began as a peaceful protest Wednesday night led to more rioting and looting downtown with one person shot and four police officers injured. We can connect with not only the people that we serve and the people that we work with but also with the police officers and really try to bridge the gap to try to create an ongoing relationship that can help promote change.

“I think we should play the football game here”, Rivera said.

“I know this is different to a degree, but playing that game I thought brought a little bit of normalcy to the city”, Rivera said. “I can respect that, I see it, and I commend those guys”. “The last couple of nights hasn’t been”.

“The police brutality is … it’s embarrassing to even talk about”, he said.

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“We’ve all got to be held accountable”, he opines.

The league MVP did have some strong comments Wednesday about social injustice and the African-American community. “That’s not who we are”. Some people in the crowds threw bottles and rocks at officers and passing cars, blocked an interstate highway, surrounded and jumped on vehicles, looted businesses and stormed the entrance of a Hyatt hotel, injuring two of its employees. “It’s a tough time right now in our community, and we need something that’s going to bring people together with all that’s going on right now”.