Opinion | Pittsburgh City Paper

OP-ED: Villanueva’s stunt shows he does not believe Antwon Rose should be honored

by Casey Taylor

Sep 20, 2020

During last week's Pittsburgh Steelers season opener, Alejandro Villanueva once again made himself a spectacle at the expense of the memory of slain Black American citizens. There are more eloquent ways to begin an essay, but it has become tiresome to try and find graceful words to comment on the mental gymnastics of those who contort logic and statistics to avoid saying what they really think: Black people who are killed by the police often deserve it...

A billboard in honor of Antwon Rose Jr., photographed during a march and balloon release on the two-year anniversary of his death, on Fri., June 19, 2020.

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