Parkland parents defend school police as protesters call for them to be defunded
Weston FL Aug 31 2020
Former NFL receiver Brandon Marshall, who spent three seasons with the Chicago Bears, was recently involved in an incident with security guards and local police as he was moving into his new Florida home. Marshall shared the video on his social media platforms as the country reaches a breaking point following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha last week.
Marshall, who played with the Bears from 2012-14, had the police called on him by local security as he began to move into a new home in Florida. Marshall claims his name wasn’t given to security and they decided to call the police. In the video, the former Bears receiver explains why he feels this is an issue given the current climate with police officers and African Americans.
“This is the problem!” Marshall says in the video to the security guard. “This is the problem. I come here, you feel uncomfortable. My first day moving into my new house. Because my name’s not on the list, you call the cops. Now you call the cops. No, you’re not trying to do your job. There was no threat for you to call the cops. This is what we’re seeing every single day. I got two kids in the car right now. We’re in Weston, Florida, one of the most affluent areas. Yes, I know there’s other black people in the area, I know that.”
