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BATON ROUGE — LSU coach Les Miles used his opportunity in front of coaches at the annual Louisiana High School Coaches Association meeting Wednesday to address the tragedy that struck the Baton Rouge community last weekend when three law enforcement members were killed by a man from Kansas City, Missouri
Miles annually talks to organization, usually opening up with an update on the summer activities of his family. Wednesday was different, as Miles used the first five minutes of his time with the coaches to address change in society and what his personal plan is for doing more in support of that change.
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“I want to make positive change and it starts first me with and how I see things,” Miles said. “I want to treat people better, I want to embrace differences and I’m prepared to have a respect for opinion, respect for life obviously, and compassion for people.
“My emotions are worn on my sleeve. I think we need to connect on family and we need to agree that violence is never an agent for change, not in today’s society. We have a way to affect change that doesn’t require violence.