Malcolm Jenkins takes NFL protest to the ballot box

Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins has made a lot of headlines from his social justice demonstrations to confronting President Donald Trump to an on-field confrontation with Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid over how to enact change.

Now Jenkins is focusing on ballot initiatives and getting out the vote ahead of November’s elections with the Players Coalition, a group at the center of Sunday’s conflict with Reid.

Players Coalition working across several states

The Players Coalition announced last week it was working on a set of ballot initiatives in Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Louisiana dealing with voting rights, gerrymandering, mass incarceration and social justice.

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Jenkins and former NFL wide receiver Anquan Boldin, the Players Coalition co-founder, have been lobbying in recent weeks for those initiatives and working on voter registration drives.

“Each of these ballot initiatives are steps toward a more fair and just nation,” Jenkins said in a statement. “From reducing prison populations to redirecting savings toward drug-treatment services in Ohio, to ending gerrymandering in Michigan among other initiatives, voters across the country have the opportunity to enact real reforms.”

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Jenkins, Players Coalition under fire

Reid, who was one of the first NFL players to kneel alongside Colin Kaepernick and was recently signed by the Panthers after he went unsigned in the offseason, lashed out at Jenkins over the Players Coalition on Sunday after an on-field confrontation, calling him cowardly for accepting almost $90 million in NFL funding for the Players Coalition after clashes over the direction of the group.

How Jenkins and Boldin are moving forward with their movement is through promoting ballot issues they believe will make a difference in African-American communities.

What the Players Coalition is working on

These are the specific issues the Players Coalition is promoting.

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