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Twitter reacts: Aaron Hernandez found to have CTE

Police records say that former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was found hanged in his prison cell on April 19, was a member of the Bloods street gang.

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Police records say that former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was found hanged in his prison cell on April 19, was a member of the Bloods street gang.
By Maghen Moore
Sept 21, 2017

Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player who took his own life in April while serving a life sentence for murder, was found to have advanced signs of the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Hernandez’s attorney, Jose Baez, announced the news Thursday at a press conference.

During the press conference, the subject of Hernandez and CTE began to trend on Twitter with users expressing their thoughts:

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