ESPYs: Rams Players' 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Gesture an Example of How 'Sports Inspires'

The ESPYs brought back the discredited Ferguson "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" [1] narrative. In the awards show's opening montage, the St. Louis Rams players' protest gesture was shown while the narrator said, "sports inspires in so many ways, whether it's through ... simply a gesture." Ironically, the next line was "Sports has the power to connect us" - hard to think of a worse example of people connecting than Ferguson. Watch:

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There is no more powerful force than something that inspires you... And sports inspires in so many ways... Whether it's through a game... A performance... A play... Or simply a gesture. Sports has the power to connect us. To make us believe in the impossible, be the impossible.