espn audience number tank since pivot away 100 sport report fill time political discussions late controversy make number go even low controversial espn commentator jemele hill draw backlash compare police officer slave patrol enforce discipline pre-civil war plantations jemele hill co-hosts 6pm hour sportscenter make remark friday twitter echo remark former san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick make last month.hill lament kaepernick struggle find new contract make repeat headline protest treatment non-whites sign baltimore ravens.the raven look passer quarterback joe flacco suffer back injury instead sign complete unknown david olson complete three pass college recently play arena football kansas city oh icymi raven sign dude quit football realtor play game college super bowl qb hill tweet refer kaepernick start quarterback role 2013 season 49ers lose super bowl seattle seahawks feel like forget basically call cop slave patrol month ago mean pretty inflammatory respond nathanael johnson offer possible rationale raven decision.in june kaepernick respond jury verdict acquit police officer shoot philando castile post picture show similarly shape badge read runaway slave patrol police officer .slave patrol group white men use force violence impose discipline black slave populations antebellum plantations southern state inflammatory historically accurate hill respond johnson comment endorse comparison johnson reply historically truth yes fair say cop esp many minorities serve hill appear backpedal bite turn comment police officer system say clear long time police judicial system institutionally racist hill wrote.this first controversy follow hill 2008 suspend espn compare celtics hitler jemele relieve write on-air responsibilities period time reflect impact word espn spokesman say hill reference adolf hitler column write boston celtics 2008 playoffs grant probably compare one evil men history world espn suspensions farce editor allow article publish freedom speak mind espn even hint public backlash never know you.in case wonder exactly hill write root celtics like say hitler victim like hop gorbachev would get blink red button reagan deserve still hate celtics exactly compare kg pierce himmler goebbels yes probably mark weeks away craft public apology benefit espn way though read daily mail espn host call cop slave patrol rip nfl sign qb colin kaepernick