The NHL has postponed the playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday following a wave of player protests across sports leagues following the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Blake, an unarmed Black man, was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wis. on Sunday. Blake’s father announced on Tuesday that Blake is currently paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the shooting.
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