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Falcons’ season-long social injustice messages

Todd Gurley: Janisha Fonville. Fonville, 20, was shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) police officer who responded to a call at a Charlotte apartment on Feb. 18, 2015. The officers were found to be justified in the shooting.

Julio Jones: Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency worker, was shot in March 2020 by Louisville officers during a botched drug raid. The shooting and lack of indictments against the officers responsible led to nationwide protests.

Todd Gurley: Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency worker, was shot in March 2020 by Louisville officers during a botched drug raid. The shooting and lack of indictments against the officers responsible led to nationwide protests.

A.J. Terrell: Black Lives Matter.

Luke Stocker: Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was an unarmed 25-year-old man who was pursued and shot while jogging Feb. 23, 2020, near Brunswick, Ga. Three white residents have been charged.

Brian Hill: End Racism.

Todd Gurley: Botham Jean. Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, was shot and killed in his apartment by an off-duty Dallas Police officer who claimed Jean was an intruder in her apartment in September 2018. The officer was later charged and convicted of murder.

Ricardo Allen: Stop Hate.

Todd Gurley: Cameron Lamb. Lamb, a black man, was shot in December 2019 in his idling pickup truck inside his garage in Kansas City, Mo. The officer was charged with manslaughter.

Todd Gurley: Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Stanley-Jones, 7, was shot and killed during a SWAT raid of her grandmother's Detroit apartment in May 2010. An officer was charged but two prosecutions ended in mistrials.

Isaiah Oliver: Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was an unarmed 25-year-old man who was pursued and shot while jogging Feb. 23, 2020, near Brunswick, Ga. Three white residents have been charged.

Younghoe Koo: Stop Hate.

Julio Jones: Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency worker, was shot in March 2020 by Louisville officers during a botched drug raid. The shooting and lack of indictments against the officers responsible led to nationwide protests.

LaRoy Reynolds: Joshua Johnson. Johnson, 35, was shot after he allegedly approached an undercover Gulf Coast Task Force deputy in Missouri City, Texas, with a cell phone flashlight and a BB gun.

Todd Gurley: Cornelius Fredricks. Fredericks, a 16-year-old who died in May 2020 while being restrained at a residential facility in Michigan.

Deion Jones: Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency worker, was shot in March 2020 by Louisville officers during a botched drug raid. The shooting and lack of indictments against the officers responsible led to nationwide protests.

Steven Means: Dennis "Ballie" Browning Jr. Browning, Means said, was a childhood friend who was killed in prison.

Todd Gurley: Bettie Jones. Jones was a bystander accidentally shot by a Chicago police officer responding to a domestic disturbance at a neighbor's apartment in 2015.

Matt Ryan: It Takes All of Us.

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Todd Gurley: Janisha Fonville. Fonville, 20, was shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) police officer who responded to a call at a Charlotte apartment on Feb. 18, 2015. The officers were found to be justified in the shooting.

By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Jan 25, 2021

In September, the NFL announced that players would honor victims of systemic racism on their helmets during throughout the season.

Players had decal of the names of victims of social injustice or a phrase on the bottom of their helmet. In all, 90 names were displayed. Thirty-eight Falcons players participated. Here is the complete list:

Ricardo Allen: Stop Hate

Allen Bailey: Ahmaud Arbery

Christian Blake: Trayvon Martin

John Cominsky: It Takes All of Us

Marlon Davidson: Black Lives Matter

Darqueze Dennard: Black Lives Matter

Russell Gage: It Takes All of Us

Jaden Graham: Stop Hate

Todd Gurley: Black Lives Matter

Charles Harris: It Takes All of Us

Josh Harris: Stop Hate

Jaylinn Hawkins: Breonna Taylor

Matt Hennessey: Black Lives Matter

Brian Hill: End Racism

Sterling Hofrichter: Stop Hate

Grady Jarrett: Breonna Taylor

Julio Jones: Aiyana Stanley-Jones

Younghoe Koo: Stop Hate

Chris Lindstrom: Stop Hate

Alex Mack: It Takes All of Us

Justin McCray: Black Lives Matter

Kaleb McGary: Stop Hate

Steven Means: Dennis “Ballie” Browning

Keanu Neal: It Takes All of Us

Sharrod Neasman: Breonna Taylor

Isaiah Oliver: Ahmaud Arbery

Qadree Ollison: Black Lives Matter

Foye Oluokon: It Takes All of Us

LaRoy Reynolds: Joshua Johnson

Calvin Ridley: Black Lives Matter

Matt Ryan: It Takes All of Us

Ito Smith: Alton Sterling

Keith Smith: Black Lives Matter

A.J. Terrell: Black Lives Matter

Jacob Tuioti-Mariner: End Racism

Mykal Walker: It Takes All of Us

Blidi Wreh-Wilson: Breonna Taylor

Olemide Zaccheaus: It Takes All of Us

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