Packers’ White Tells Knoxville Students That Police Are Out To Get Young Black Men

Green Bay defensive star Reggie White told high school students that police provoke young black men to put them in jail.

White also said he believes in a conspiracy to prevent a cure for AIDS and to promote practices that lead to abortions and fetal-tissue research, The Knoxville News-Sentinel reported.

“There’s a lot of focus on you all and a lot of that focus is on (putting) you in jail. That’s why police harass a bunch of you guys, because they want you to snap,” White, a former University of Tennessee standout, said Friday.

“Why do you think they’re talking about building more prisons instead of creating opportunities for you? Because they want you in jail.”

White spoke to students at AustinEast and West high schools for NFL running back LeRoy Thompson’s Team Dream Foundation.

To blacks who kill blacks in drive-by shootings, White said, “You are just as bad as a Klansman.”

White, who is an ordained minister, urged students to avoid violence, gain knowledge and get involved in their community and government.

He said not enough is being done to cure AIDS: “You know why they’re not doing all they can to find a cure for AIDS? It’s because if they find a cure for AIDS, everybody starts getting well and nobody wants to keep spending their money.”

He also said aborted babies are worth money for fetal-tissue research.