The CEO of Nike praised one of its black executives for admitting to brutally murdeing a teenage boy in 1965.
Nike executive Larry Miller admitted on Wednesday that he stabbed a boy to death in a blind fit of rage.
Miller’s “story is an example of the resilience, perseverance, and strength of the human spirit,” CEO John Donahoe wrote in a gushing statement.
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Miller, the chairman of Nike’s Jordan brand, confessed to Sports Illustrated that when he was a member of Philadelphia’s Cedar Avenue gang, he executed 18-year-old Edward White in retribution for the alleged killing of a friend.
“Miller did not know the victim, or whether he had anything to do with the stabbing of his friend, or even whether he had any connection to the 53rd and Pine gang,” Sports Illustrated declared in its report.
Freebeacon.com reports: Donahoe, who called Miller “a beloved member of the Nike family,” said he hopes Miller’s experience “can create a healthy discourse around criminal justice reform, by helping remove the stigma that holds people and communities back.”
Donahoe’s promotion of criminal justice reform is in line with the company’s political positions, for which it has faced criticism. Nike in 2018 hired former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is best known for protesting the national anthem, and in 2020 endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement. The company is one of several that use Chinese slave labor to make its products and was silent on China’s June crackdown on journalists in Hong Kong.
Nike is “a brand of China and for China,” Donahoe said that month.
For his part, Miller says the confession has “freed” him.
“I feel the freedom now to be me,” he said.
