Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Connecting murdered police officers with peaceful protests is 'cynical and selfish'

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Connecting murdered police officers with peaceful protests is 'cynical and selfish'
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has written an op-ed for Time about the recent murder of two police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

The former NBA star writes that the officers' murders were "in no way related" to the protests over the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Abdul-Jabbar notes that the suicidal killer, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, was a "troubled man" and had shot his girlfriend earlier that day.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.