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(WGNO) – New Orleans Saints’ tight end Benjamin Watson wrote an essay-length response on Facebook about the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The post has gotten a lot of praise. It’s been liked more than 562,000 times, and shared more than 323,000 times.

Here’s what he said: