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“We must combat evil with good by shining a light on darkness.” CFLPA president Solomon Elimimian is encouraging other players to speak out and use their platform for positive change.

Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Solomon Elimimian said on Twitter Sunday “there is no place for racial injustice,” encouraging other players to “speak out and use their platform for positive change!”

Elimimian recalled being pulled over by police who had their weapons drawn when driving with a friend in Los Angeles years ago. Elimimian said his experiences with law enforcement during his college days in Hawaii, and then while living in Canada, was “drastically different” but added he’s “not ignorant to the fact that racism exists everywhere.”

 

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