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As you can see ...

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Thank you guys for taking your

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time to stay here with us.

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We're sorry that it's a little bit

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more time, but we thought

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it would be best for us as a team to

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brainstorm a little bit, educate

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ourselves

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and not rush into the raw emotion

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and give you guys things like that.

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So on behalf of

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ourselves and our team ...

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We want to place a statement as

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a team today and go back

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and continue to educate

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ourself and get better awareness of

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what's going on.

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And then I'll speak to you guys

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later. So we're coming up with a

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statement now.

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The team statement ...

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The past four months, have shed a

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light on the ongoing racial

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injustice is facing our

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African-American community.

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Citizens around the country have

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used their voices and platforms

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to speak out against these

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wrongdoings over the last few days

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in our home state of Wisconsin.

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We've seen the horrendous video of

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Jacob Blake being shot in the

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back seven times by a police officer

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in Kenosha and

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the additional shooting of

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protesters despite the overwhelming

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plea for change there has been no

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action.

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So our focus today can not be on

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basketball.

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When we take the court and represent

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Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are

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expected to play at a high level,

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give maximum effort and hold each

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other accountable.

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We hold ourselves to that standard.

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And in this moment, we are demanding

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the same from lawmakers and law

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enforcement.

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We are calling for justice for Jacob

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Blake and demand the officer be

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held accountable.

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For this to occur, it is imperative

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for the Wisconsin state legislature

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to reconvene after months of

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inaction and take up meaningful

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measures to address issues of police

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accountability, brutality

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and criminal justice reform.

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We encourage all citizens to educate

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themselves, take peaceful and

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responsible action and remember

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to vote on November 3rd on

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the behalf of the Milwaukee Bucks.