The Green Bay Packers' leadership council met after practice Monday to discuss the police shooting that took place in Wisconsin on Sunday night.
A police officer shot Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, in the back multiple times. The shooting occurred in Kenosha, roughly 150 miles from Green Bay, and it prompted protests in Wisconsin.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a member of the team's leadership council, said there's a clear problem.
"There's a systemic problem, and until the problem is fixed, this is going to be an all-too-common sighting in this country," Rodgers said, according to Packers.com's Mike Spofford. "It obviously hits home being not far from Green Bay. I'm not going to comment directly on the video until more facts come out, but obviously it's something where as a non-police officer, I think for a lot of us the natural question is when is lethal force necessary."
Head coach Matt LaFleur, meanwhile, stressed the importance of change.
"I wanted to get our guys' perspective, and try to float around some ideas on how we can make a difference and use our platform, because things have to change," he said.
"The social injustice, the police brutality, the antiquated laws, (we've) just got to bring awareness to everybody that Black lives matter," LaFleur added. "We can't stand for this any longer."
