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According to the Sacramento Kings, all lives do not matter. But hating the police does. It’s accepted. In fact, it’s a way to get a job.
The Kings fired announcer Grant Napear for saying, “All Lives Matter.” The social media-driven franchise then hired ESPN’s Mark Jones to replace him.
If you took September off the internet, no one knows who Mark Jones is. So, here is a refresher:
The ESPN employee operates a far-left Twitter account known as @MarkJonesESPN.
Instead of condemning the shooting of two police officers in Louisville in September, Jones went after the police force on Twitter, indicating they would rather shoot him than help him:
“Police never saved me. Never helped me,” Jones tweeted. “Never protected me. Never taken a bullet for me. (They’ve pulled guns on me) Never kept me safe in a protest. Never stopped the racist from taking my Black Lives Matter flag off my house. I could do without em. fr.
“Saturday at my football game I’ll tell the police officer on duty to ‘protect’ me he can just take the day off,” Jones adds. “[For real] I’d rather not have the officer shoot me because he feared for his life because of my black skin or other dumb ish. I’m not signing my own death certificate.”
Oh, I see.
Previously, Jones appreciated the police for helping him. Take a look:
I'm not going to lie. I love our police escorts to the stadium. Saves us a good 40 min to 1 hour of not waiting in traffic.
— MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) October 8, 2011
Traffic never looked so good in ATL on I75/I85. You must have a police escort. Lol. https://t.co/4fyc0deXfD
— MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) April 7, 2016
S/o to the Syracuse Police Dept who helped me secure the 💼 today. I appreciate y’all. Keep up the great work. Real professionals👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/RytChETJ6E
— MarkJonesESPN (@MarkJonesESPN) September 15, 2018
Those awful police officers. How do they live with themselves?
But now in 2020, the unhinged ESPN broadcaster has been found liking gross tweets that mock Nick Bosa for suffering an injury that may cost him his career. How could a player’s injury be funny? When the player supports President Donald Trump. Then Jones thinks it’s okay to laugh.
@ClayTravis @WhitlockJason @burackbobby_ Mark Jones liked this tweet pic.twitter.com/GdgBNA9WNo
— Fred (@FredoCuom) September 24, 2020
As we’ve discussed previously, this is disgusting. ESPN should be ashamed, and Jones should be embarrassed. He’s reveling in an injury because of a player’s political opinions. This tells us everything we need to know about Mark Jones.
The Kings’ newest broadcaster doesn’t just hate police and enjoy MAGA-supporting players tearing their knees, he also retweets posts calling our president a “white supremacist terrorist.”
So @MarkJonesESPN is calling the Army football game this weekend. Earlier this week he rt’ed that @realDonaldTrump was a white supremacist terrorist. Good move @espn. pic.twitter.com/lx00Hm62po
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 24, 2020
Mark Jones is a disgusting, hateful, deranged conspiracy theorist who isn’t responsible enough to have a Twitter account. But his far-left ideas make him perfect for a job at ESPN and in the NBA.
We at OutKick don’t call for anyone to be fired, except those who are too dumb to hold a job. As Clay Travis said, “ESPN should fire this idiot just for being that dumb. Fire him for idiocy.”
"Everytime @MarkJonesESPN has referred to America in the past couple of months, he has spelled 'America' with three k's, as in the KKK. This dude is an imbecile, alright?" –@ClayTravis pic.twitter.com/xQslEDC5fn
— OutKick (@Outkick) September 25, 2020
ESPN, the NBA, the Kings, and Mark Jones — has there ever been a more gutless group?
This is why I support Outkick with my clicks, with my word of mouth and with my subscription.
Calling bullsh– on the frauds and phonies who hide inside their left-biased media mobs and never face the same scrutiny (and worse) as those who reject “wokeness” in the course of doing their jobs.
Great job, Bobby.
Amen
Great article Bobby.
Mark Jones is just another example of liberal privilege. The Kings should be ashamed of this hire, but I’m sure they’ll be praised….
This story involves some guy named Jones, the NBA, & ESPN. Three things that I don’t give a shit about.
You forgot to mention the Sacramento Kings. Most people don’t care about them either lol
The NBA is what it is…a Chinese-Marxist organization. If anyone still has any sense of Christianity or American patriotism they are going to the gulag.
DAH!
The left has its own circular firing squad. The ultimate bubble!!!
You won’t see anybody else cover this. Thats whats amazing about this.
Does this take him off national broadcasts? He was calling NBA playoff games. If he gets lost in Sacramento nobody will care and I’m all for it. It would be the same as him retiring to most fans.
He does college football games as well unfortunately. I was forced to watch UF play a game with him on the call this year. Otherwise soon as I hear his voice or hear/see his name on the broadcast, I’m done.
Jones also has a vendetta against the Washington Huskies and the Pac 12. Sacramento is a perfect place for him since no one outside of Sacramento pays any attention to that team. Amazing how he still gets these kinds of opportunities while guys like Napear get canceled.
I watched that same UF game. In addition to his stupid political opinions, Jones routinely butchers the English language. During that UF broadcast after a particularly strong series he referred to the Florida defense as “intangible.” WTF? He’s the kind of guy that likes to use big words, but has no idea what they mean.
Yes. Essentially fired or traded
Is it April 1st? Holy sh!t, you have GOT to be kidding me with this…
Amen
Mark Jones is gone to a place I’ll never be. Good riddance. I am surprised though, that he has survived how many police encounter during football season without be shot by his protective details…
Surprise only CNN didn’t hire Jones
I’m surprised Jones managed to not get gunned down by any police escorts this season. Sacramento King’s Twitter street cred is off the charts right now.
So glad I don’t watch the nba anymore. Hell I’m glad I barely follow sports anymore tbh. Outkick and a little gambling is about all I do with sports anymore. These athletes and their woke culture have sickened me to no end.
Mark Jones, you are a bigot, pro-terrorist, and a dullard. Prove me wrong!
Banished to the NBA dead-end that is Sac. Good riddance.