Steelers Antwon Rose
Was a 17 year old african american who was shot and killed in east pittsburgh on june 19th 2018.
Steelers antwon rose. Pittsburgh steelers tackle alejandro villanueva decided to break with his teammates at their first game of the season monday night by replacing antwon rose jr s name on the back of his helmet. Decal allow players to opt out steve delvecchio larry brown sports 9 18 2020 wisconsin police arrest family of slain black teen amid protest over. A second pittsburgh steelers player has decided to cover the name of police shooting victim antwon rose jr on the back of his helmet. There has been some debate this week over whether the pittsburgh steelers should wear helmet decals honoring 17 year old antwon rose jr and it sounds like the team will leave the decision up to.
Decals on their helmets this season. Rose was a black teenager who died. I figured put antwon rose s mom and the pittsburgh steelers together a whole lot of people are going to listen and with a national television audience seeing his name saying his name on monday night people are going to listen to antwon rose s story. Today the pittsburgh steelers play their first game of the 2020 season against the new york giants and every single player s helmet will display the name of antwon rose jr and his name will be.
Antwon rose jr s mother criticized pittsburgh steelers left tackle alejandro villanueva for covering her son s name on the back of his helmet for the game against the new york giants. Steelers plan to continue with antwon rose jr. As noted by pbs antwon was a passenger of a car which police suspected to be.