NHL player Adam Johnson(29)died on live TV after Matt Petgrave slashed his throat with his skate. Petgrave has a history of bad behavior in the EIHL,including racking up the most penalty minutes (2022-2023 season) and getting booted out of games. media quickly has declared it a total accident - Kotaku In Action 2

NHL player Adam Johnson(29)died on live TV after Matt Petgrave slashed his throat with his skate. Petgrave has a history of bad behavior in the EIHL,including racking up the most penalty minutes (2022-2023 season) and getting booted out of games. media quickly has declared it a total accident (twitter.com)

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– simian 50 points 1 year ago +50 / -0

If the only black person on the ice managed to get killed, the media would have been quick to say it was intentional, due to racism, that hockey is inherently racist, and demand hate crime and terrorism charges against the player who killed him. But a black guy does it? "Just a little accident."

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– SarcasticRidley 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

But a black guy does it? "Just a little accident."

Oh he's black.

Suddenly the mystery of the media reaction is a whole lot less mysterious.

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