On Wednesday, political commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated during one of his speaking events at Utah State University. This is on the heels of Ukrainian refugee Iryan Zarutska being stabbed to death while riding the train home from work. These tragedies prompted Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith to take to social media to offer up a strong commentary about these two incidents and the state of our country because of it.
Highsmith said America is bleeding and what we have seen has gone beyond a simple crime. For Highsmith, he believes the answer to healing is to turn to religion and let it guide you to peace. Believe what you will but Highsmith was brave just for putting this out on social media and opening himself up to comments. His Instagram post has gone viral and been shared on a variety of social media platforms.
Highsmith is in his sixth NFL season, all of them with the Steelers. Highsmith was the Steelers ‘ third-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft out of Charlotte.
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