Retired football quarterback Brett Favre allegedly wants to shut up Dr. Umar Johnson for his ongoing criticism related to the Mississippi welfare scandal. Johnson claims on his Instagram, he received a letter from Favre’s attorneys he faces potential legal action for “certain public statements” he’s made about the retired quarterback.
“Brett Favre wants to take me to court, then take me to court Brett Favre, I’m ready,” Johnson said in a YouTube video uploaded on Jan. 24.
“Dr. Umar is ready for court, I ain’t worrying about that,” Johnson continued. “Where y’all want to go to court at, Pennsylvania, Mississippi? The letter came from New Jersey, I’m ready for court.
“Just let me know when me and Brett Favre have to be in court together,” he concluded in his video. “I’m going to wear my Randall Cunningham jersey. The last jersey Brett Favre wore was the Vikings jersey. Randall Cunningham wore the Vikings jersey and scored the highest quarterback rating in a single season at least in the NFL up until that time”
Johnson is a certified psychologist and is considered an “expert on the education and mental health of Afrikan and Afrikan-American children” according to his website. Johnson is known to be an outspoken activist who regularly calls out injustices towards the Black community. He has also called out Favre for his involvement with misappropriating welfare funds.
Johnson was critical of Favre’s response to the racial reckoning and sentencing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd. During a 2021 “Breakfast Club” interview, Johnson said, “He said he don’t think Derek Chauvin did that on purpose.”
“You don’t have to have lived as a Black man; you know what’s happening. Brett Favre knows exactly what’s happening, but he does not care,” Johnson said.
“Black parents…
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