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Kenny Easley waited 25 years to earn induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so he was going to make the most of his allotted time behind the microphone.

Easley didnt mention Colin Kaepernick by name, but the former Seahawks safety used a minute of his 21 minutes and 50 seconds to take a similar social stance as the former 49ers quarterback.

Please allow me this opportunity and this moment for a very serious message for which I feel very strongly about, said Easley, who went into the Hall as a seniors nominee. Black lives do matter, and all lives matter, too. But the carnage affecting young black men today from random violence to police shootings across this nation has to stop. Weve got to stand up as a country, as black Americans and fight the good fight to protect our youth and our American constitutional right not to die while driving or walking the streets black in America. It has to stop, and we can do it, and the lessons we learn in sports can help.

Easley, 59, long faced comparisons to Ronnie Lott, who entered the Hall in the Class of 2000. Easley continued the debate on stage.

Im going to settle it now publicly and for good, Easley said. In the last 30 years, there has no better thumper, ball-hawking, fiercely competitive or smarter defensive back in the NFL than Ronnie Lott. He was the best. There, its settled and because I said so.

Easley also thanked Seahawks owner Paul Allen, who ended the franchises 15-year estrangement with Easleys Ring of Honor induction.

I believe in the old adage: Water runs downhill, Easley said, and thus winning starts at the top, and you have run a great organization with a terrific head coach in Pete Carroll. How about the Seahawks back to the Super Bowl in 2018?

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ST. PAUL, Minn. The Latest on social media speculation after St. Paul man hanged himself. (all times local):

8:10 p.m.

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis has apologized on its Facebook page after sharing photos of a man who officials say hanged himself in a city park.

The post had sparked social media speculation that the man in the photo was black and that his hands were tied behind his back. Michael Bringle was white.

On the group's page Tuesday night, Black Lives Matter Minneapolis says it retracted its earlier statements after "more information came out & Mr.Bringle's family came forward." The group says "it became clear that this was an unfortunate incident caused by mental illness."

St. Paul police say a passerby discovered the 50-year-old Bringle hanging from a tree early Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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7:45 p.m.

Police and relatives of a Minnesota man who officials say hanged himself in a city park want the public to stop sharing photos of his death that have sparked social media speculation that he was the victim of a hate crime.

St. Paul police say a passerby discovered 50-year-old Michael Bringle hanging from a tree early Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports a Facebook post that featured a photo of Bringle included speculation that the man was black and that his hands were tied behind his back. Bringle was white.

The post has been shared thousands of times.

The Ramsey County medical examiner says there's no evidence the death was anything other than a suicide. St. Paul Police Sgt. Mike Ernster called the post disgusting.

Bringle's sister, Kelly Brown-Rozowski, said at a press conference that her brother should be remembered as a kind person and the rumors only compounded their tragedy.

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Kenny Easleys NFL career was so short that it was easy to overlook, and for years, the Pro Football Hall of Fame did just that to the 1980s second-most dominant safety.

No one will be overlooking his speech now that hes in, though.

From the video:

Please allow me this opportunity and this moment for a very serious message for which I feel very strongly about. Black livesdo matter, and all lives matter, too.

The clip might send a mixed message, given the hashtag movements evoked. The Seattle Seahawks legend continued on well past that clip, though. Via Pro Football Talk:

But the carnage affecting young black men today from random violence to police shootings across this nation has to stop. Weve got to stand up as a country, as black Americans and fight the good fight to protect our youth and our American constitutional right not to die while driving or walking the streets black in America. It has to stop, and we can do it, and the lessons we learn in sports can help.

Thats a powerful message to send during a Hall of Fame speech. This was Easleys moment of long-awaited recognition, and he chose to shine the spotlight on a greater issue. He also ended the debate and admitted Ronnie Lott was better than him.

Colin Kaepernicks name did not come up, but Easley would be welcome in the Seahawks current locker room, where multiple players have stood up for their former rival quarterback.

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Kenny Easley's Hall of Fame speech: 'Black lives do matter, and all lives matter, too' - For The Win

On July 22, Rashan Charles, a 20-year-old Black man, died in a hospital in east London after being chased into a shop and confronted by a police officer, who attempted to remove an unnamed object from his mouth. A video subsequently emerged online allegedly showing the confrontation, in which the police officer tried to restrain Mr. Charles. While the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched an immediate inquiry into the death (as required for all deaths in police custody), this did little to quell the anger that was building in the local community. It was just a month earlier that Edson Da Costa, another young Black man, died in hospital, several days after being detained by police, after swallowing a number of packages.

While many took to social media to protest, others took to the streets in Hackney in east London, at one point blocking off sections and damaging buildings, while police officers were subjected to abuse and violence. During a peaceful rally last Saturday, at which demonstrators carried Black Lives Matter and Justice for Rash placards, Charless family appealed for calm, though they warned they would continue to push for answers. We want the officers involved in these cases suspended rather than simply being used as witnesses so we can have a transparent process of justice, said the pressure group Stand Up To Racism. So high were tensions last week that Cindy Butts, an IPCC commissioner, met with young people from the local area to talk about Rashans death and other issues.

Police treatment of young Black men has been a difficult and sensitive issue in Britain despite the existence of an independent regulator to monitor the conduct of the police. The death of Mark Duggan, who said he had been in possession of a handgun and was shot and killed by police in August 2011, had triggered protests that turned into riots, leading then-Prime Minister David Cameron to recall Parliament for an emergency session. While a court ruled subsequently that Duggans shooting had not been unlawful, many in the community continue to believe it was an instance of miscarriage of justice.

No convictions yet

According to a report published by the Institute of Race Relations in 2015, 509 people from Black, minority, refugee or migrant communities died in suspicious circumstances between 1991 and 2014. These were the cases in which police, prison authorities or immigration offices were implicated. Though some had been deemed unlawful, not a single person has been convicted for their part in these deaths. A large proportion of these deaths have involved undue force and many more a culpable lack of care... Despite critical narrative verdicts warning of dangerous procedures and the proliferation of guidelines, lessons are not being learnt. People die in similar ways year on year, the report concluded.

Acknowledging the need for scrutiny of deaths or serious incidents that took place while a victim was in police custody, the government commissioned an independent review in 2015, though it is yet to be published. INQUEST, a charity that works on cases relating to death in custody, noted in a report earlier this year that a disproportionate number of those who die in or following police custody are from Black and minority ethnic communities. INQUEST is concerned that institutional racism has been a contributory factor.

While authorities may be working hard to show that they are doing their best to tackle the issue, mistrust is unlikely to go away any time soon. This week, the video of an Asia-British man being hit by a baton by a police officer went viral, triggering an investigation into the excessive use of force.

(Vidya Ram works for The Hindu and is based in London)

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said there was at least one report of a Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyer in an Orchard Mesa neighborhood near the end of July. The flyer specifically targeted the organization Black Lives Matter.

The letter said that Black Lives Matter was "killing white people and police officers in the name of justice," and lists reasons to join the KKK.

Local Black Lives Matter representatives said they hope citizens take notice of the letter, and that it sparks a dialogue about racial tensions in Mesa County. "Honestly, the flyer is going to do nothing and go nowhere. But for the off chance that it does - who's going to stand up, who's going to take notice, who's going to challenge it, and what are the ramifications for even challenging it," said Jon Williams, the co-founder of the local Black Lives Matter chapter.

Williams also said that the local Black Lives Matter chapter is here to help educate the community about racial hardships.

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