Last May thea massacre that killed 19 people, including students and teachers, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, once again left everyone speechless (except Steve Kerr, whose words of anger and frustration were applauded by all). Today a new gesture that deserves to be applauded comes from Gregg Popovitch and go San Antonio Spursthat they chose to organize a pre-season training directly in the gymnasium of Uvalde, then inviting more than 1,000 residents of the community affected by yet another school massacre to see the Texan champions up close during the friendly game against the New Orleans Pelicans. “I’m proud of my children, especially the younger ones – said coach Pop – because we didn’t have to push them to participate: they really wanted to go, and they all stopped longer than they should have“. But besides words of praise for his athletes, Popovich then had a lot of them harsh criticism vis-à-vis local elected officials, and in particular vis-à-vis Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his deputy Dan Patrick: “Since they did nothing to prevent another massacre from taking place in the future,” the Spurs manager said. The law to raise the minimum age for legal access to a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 also failed to pass, and Popovich said he was disgusted by the behavior of politics in the face of such a tragedy.
Popovich: ‘Disgusted’ at Texas Governor Abbott’s reaction
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“I can’t even believe they’re alone gun lobby hostages and the NRA (National Rifle Association), or that they only do it for keep the power, to continue to cash their beautiful checks at the end of the month. ‘Cause if it is, that means we don’t even have a country anymore: our nation will be doomed to disintegratecommented Coach Pop, who also said he was “disgusted” with how Governor Abbott spoke more frustration and anger for “making the wrong impression than for the slaughter of innocent children and teachers”. “In Texas, we’re a big community,” he said. Keldon Johnson – Et we want to help in any way we can. I know I’m privileged, but I don’t want to take it for granted: I am honored to be able to be part of an organization like Spurs and to be able to participate in events like these”.
