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Every Wednesday, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman speaks to the assembled media and takes questions about the previous game, the upcoming game, and anything else the reporters in Seattle might think to ask him. This Wednesday was different.

Sherman cut his press availability short without taking any questions, instead taking the opportunity to address violence against black men in America in the wake of Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest and several more killings of black men by police over the weekend.

Here's video of Sherman's statement from Greg Bell of The News Tribune:

"You have players that are trying to take a stand and try to be aware of social issues and try to make a stand and increase people's awareness and put a spotlight on it, and they're being ignored," Sherman said. "Whether they're taking a knee or whether they're locking arms, they're trying to bring people together and try to unite them for a cause.

"And I think that -- I think the last couple days, a couple more guys have gotten shot and killed in the middle of the street. More videos have come out of guys getting killed. And I think people are still missing the point. The reason these guys are kneeling -- the reason we're locking arms -- is to bring people together, to make people aware that this is not right."

He continued, talking about his work in the community and how some of that work is for naught if black children who are taught to be peaceful and comply with police are still killed anyway, even when they have their hands up or on the hood of a car.

"It's an unfortunate place that we're living in and something needs to be done," he said. "And so when a guy takes a knee, you can ignore it. You can say, 'He's not being patriotic. He's not honoring the flag.' I'm doing none of those things. I'm saying it straight up. This is wrong and we need to do something."