Continuing efforts by Seahawks to use their media platforms to call for social change, receiver Doug Baldwin on Thursday said he is demanding that all 50 state attorneys general ask for reviews of training policies for police and law enforcement.
Baldwin made the request during a roughly three-minute statement that led off his meeting with the media on Thursday.
On Wednesday, teammate and fellow Stanford grad and longtime friend Richard Sherman began his press conference with a two-minute statement in which he said more needs to be done to get the message across that recent police actions against African-Americans are unacceptable.
Baldwin also took questions on the podium and in the locker room in which he elaborated on his plans, saying he has had discussions with Sue Rahr, who is the head of Washington's Criminal Justice Training Commission.
"I've read up on her and how she is changing the warrior mentality to guardians of the community," Baldwin said later in the locker room, adding that "it's as simple as you have a state police academy where all police officers have to go through their training, so we have to change those training policies to reflect how those officers have to handle crisis and deescalating situations when they are out in the community."
Shortly after Baldwin's statement, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson tweeted that he had read what Baldwin said and that "I'll be reaching out soon to see if you'd like to sit down and chat."
Here is the text of Baldwin's statement:
