Thursday, March 28, 2024

DeSean Jackson Apologizes for Posting Hitler Quote: ‘Sorry For Any Hurt That I Caused’

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DeSean Jackson

*Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has apologized and aid he has no hatred toward the Jewish community after posting on Instagram Monday an anti-Semitic message that he attributed to Adolf Hitler and admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

The Eagles on Tuesday responded by calling Jackson’s posts “offensive, harmful and absolutely appalling” and said the team would take “appropriate action.”

On his Instagram story feed, Jackson featured a quote he attributed to Hitler that said white Jews “will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were.” He also shared two posts on Instagram — on Saturday and on Monday — expressing admiration for Farrakhan, whom the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center have identified as anti-Semitic. Those posts have since been deleted.

Eagles team owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman are Jewish. Jackson has already spoken with Roseman and is due to talk with Lurie later Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Tim McManus. No discussion of a suspension or termination has been raised with Jackson to this point, a source added.

Jackson said in his apology: “… I just probably should have never posted anything that Hitler did, because Hitler was a bad person, and I know that. I was just trying to uplift African Americans and slavery and just enlighten my people. … I didn’t intend any harm or any hatred toward any people. … I’m for love and I extend it every day.”

Watch his video apology below:

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