Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, police department falsely accused Venus Williams of killing an elderly man when she didn't do that last week. On June 9, 78 year old Jerome Barson was killed and his wife, Linda, terribly injured after Ms. William's SUV – going five miles per hour – entered an intersection, colliding with the Barson's car. June 30, in a Facebook post, Venus Williams addressed the accident. “I am devastated and heartbroken by this accident. My heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Jerome Barson, and I continue to keep them in my thoughts and prayers.” Then, on July 3 at Wimbledon, the tennis media asked Williams about how she felt about essentially killing a man. The way they posed the question was awful. Venus started to make a statement, but soon she burst into tears and left the press conference to not come back. While the police investigation was still going on, TMZ released a video showing that Williams was innocent. The police now say that Williams was driving lawfully in the intersection. Amid this trauma, Venus has advanced to the second weekend of Wimbledon, defeating Naomi Osaka, a 19-year-old player who was not even born when Williams first took to the grass courts 20 years ago. Her ability to persevere is stunning, but this is not a game. The police released this statement at the beginning of their investigation. That is a huge screw up! You don't reveal information to the public without any sufficient evidence to back it up. Also, this video was released by TMZ. If TMZ didn't get a hold of this video footage, would it have been released at any point during the investigation? Why would they do something this irresponsible and negligent?
Because she is a black woman. This whole case is a look into how police and white people in America treat black woman. They always assume that black people are at fault without even taking the time to consider any other possibilities. Venus Williams is one of the most stunning tennis players. Venus Williams also has Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which causes debilitating joint pain, swelling, numbness and fatigue. She already has to deal with this kind of disease while being one of the most amazing and graceful tennis players of our time. But now people wanna go around tarnishing her reputation like it's some kind of game. Williams has had to go against people on the tennis court who were barely walking or weren't even born yet when she was just learning how dominate the court.She and her sister are arguably some of the greatest athletes in the world and now this comes out of nowhere. Can you believe the pressure that she may be under to stay as accomplished as she is and also keep a level head above all of the bullshit she may face on a regular basis?
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