{"id":1567403,"date":"2022-07-23T07:31:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567403"},"modified":"2022-07-23T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:34:32","slug":"former-mlb-nfl-all-star-bo-jackson-helps-cover-funeral-costs-for-uvalde-school-shooting-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mlb-nfl-all-star-bo-jackson-helps-cover-funeral-costs-for-uvalde-school-shooting-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MLB, NFL All-Star Bo Jackson Helps Cover Funeral Costs For Uvalde School Shooting Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-mlb-nfl-all-star-bo-jackson-helps-cover-funeral-costs-for-uvalde-school-shooting-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Raiders and MLB star Bo Jackson revealed this week that he had donated to help cover funeral costs for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, who doesn\u2019t have a real connection to the city other than having driven through it in the past while on hunting trips, said he just felt compelled to help after 19 students and two teachers were killed in May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy\" data-src=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"caas-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because I\u2019m getting old. It\u2019s just not right for parents to bury their kids. It\u2019s just not right,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-shootings-texas-a480febf50ac834b715d20e27018c4ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told The Associated Press\" class=\"link\">told The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy\" data-src=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"caas-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cI know every family there probably works their butts off just to do what they do \u2026 The last thing they needed was to shell out thousands of dollars for something that never should have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jackson said he and a friend flew to Uvalde three days after the shooting. He met with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott briefly before donating $170,000 to cover funeral expenses. Abbott only said they were covered by an anonymous donor, and while Jackson said he wasn\u2019t keeping anything a secret, he didn\u2019t publicly announce that he was part of it until now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy\" data-src=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"caas-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want media,\u201d Jackson said, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-shootings-texas-a480febf50ac834b715d20e27018c4ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via The Associated Press\" class=\"link\">via The Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cNo one knew we were there \u2026 Uvalde is just a town that sticks in your mind. Just the name. I don\u2019t know a soul there. It just touched me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers, and injured more than a dozen, on May 24 in Uvalde. The shooting was the deadliest at a school in the United States since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/uvalde-texas-school-shooting.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Law enforcement\u2019s response\" class=\"link\">Law enforcement\u2019s response<\/a> to the shooting has been under fire in recent weeks and is the subject of several investigations. The shooting, along with several other high-profile shootings, has brought a renewed push for stricter gun control laws in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson \u2014 the rare successful two-sport athlete who spent time with the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, Angels and Raiders during his playing career \u2014 was one of countless who spoke out on the day of the shooting pleading for change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy\" data-src=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"caas-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to turn this into anything [but] what it is,\u201d Jackson said, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-shootings-texas-a480febf50ac834b715d20e27018c4ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via The Associated Press\" class=\"link\">via The Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cI was just trying [with the donation] to put a little sunshine in someone\u2019s cloud, a very dark cloud \u2026 It\u2019s the children. It\u2019s the children. It\u2019s the children.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-pull-quote-wrapper caas-img caas-lazy\" data-src=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"caas-blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t bother you, something\u2019s wrong with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bo Jackson\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/23073431\/9d01a760-0948-11ed-bdff-853b1b3cf4ba\" class=\"caas-img\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Bo Jackson said he helped cover funeral costs for victims of the Uvalde school shooting in May. 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