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June 2, 2020, 12:41 PM ET [18 Comments]
Dan Wallace
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Minnesota has long been known for being "Minnesota Nice" a progressive midwest state with well over 10,000 lakes filled with an abundance of outdoor adventure destinations, regardless of the season.

As we all know much of that changed with the events of last week.

I am not one to venture down the political path especially here on a sports forum. However what has taken place in our cities and state over the last week is tragic and it would be wrong of me to just move on as if nothing happened.

The sports world and the diverse athletes that make up our favorite pastimes are speaking out to draw people together.

George Floyd's death was a despicable act by law enforcement officers, and I use officers plural because there were 3 other officers that could have stepped in and assisted Mr. Floyd, yet they did nothing.

I am not going to get into what has transpired since as that takes this down the wrong path.

Regardless of which side of the political fence you are on it is time to look in the mirror and say to yourself am I doing everything that I can to make those around me feel safe and end prejudices altogether?

There is no debate that we need far better education and training to make a difference. We need to stop turning the blind eye to those in need and offer up support to our fellow mankind.

None of us is any better than another and never have we been.

I would like to take a quote from Michelle Obama which states it very well - "It's hard to hate up-close"

Again this is not meant to be a political debate by any means, it is meant for all of us to come together in the wake of the tragic events and work together to heal our society.

It's time we all step up...

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