Eagles Penalize Jackson For divisive comments

The Philadelphia Eagles announced in a statement Friday that wide receiver desean Jackson has been penalized for conduct detrimental to the team, following his anti-semitic comments earlier this week. The Eagles did not specify how Jackson was penalized, but they said that Jackson will have to “commit to supporting his words with actions” in order to remain on the team moving forward.

Last weekend, Jackson posted an anti-semitic message that he falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler, in addition to admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in a series of posts on social media. He followed up with multiple apologies, both on social media and directly to the team. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie roseman are Jewish.