Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice admits that he dropped the ball. As it turns out, Rice wasn’t well-versed in social happenings surrounding police killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children when he spouted off, “All Lives Matter” in a recent tweet. But after being dragged on Twitter for his ill-timed tweet, the NFL great is ready to make amends.
On Thursday the former San Francisco 49er tweeted:
When I said {All Lives Matter} I didn’t know about the movement going on between {Black Lives Matter}. I want to apologize for my mistake!
— Jerry Rice (@JerryRice) October 6, 2016
Rice added that he now supports Colin Kaepernick’s protest.
Some wanted Rice back on the VIP cookout guest list:
But not everyone was buying what Rice was selling: