Several professional athletes have spoken out against Wednesday's grand jury decision not to charge any Louisville police with the murder of Breonna Taylor, and on Thursday Lions running back Adrian Peterson joined the chorus.
Peterson has been at the front of the fight against social injustice and police brutality over the past several months. He was one of several Lions players to kneel for the national anthem in Weeks 1 and 2.
"Just disappointed. Justice still hasn’t been served," said Peterson. "It’s so unfortunate because there’s numerous victims that deal with the same thing year after year after year. And it’s like, people are standing up, but when is the system going to start getting it right? They didn’t get it right yesterday and it’s unfortunate."
Taylor was shot to death at the age of 26 by three Louisville officers in March after they entered her apartment in search of her ex-boyfriend. The police opened fire after Taylor's then-boyfriend fired his gun, and Taylor was killed in the crossfire.
One of the officers was arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, but the other two cops were not charged at all.
Lions defensive end Trey Flowers, who's been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and a leader for the team on conversations about racial injustice, said he heard the news about Taylor shortly before meeting with the media Wednesday afternoon.
"I really just kind of heard that, so I ain’t really got many thoughts on that. But it’s definitely tough obviously. For her family, I feel like they probably don’t think that they received justice, and my heart breaks for them," Flowers said.