Riders sign controversial defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell
The Roughrider’s newest addition at defensive line was farming out near Vancouver when he got the call to come out to Saskatchewan – but it wasn’t his farming that was front and centre after practice Wednesday.
The Roughriders signed Khalif Mitchell, who has been a controversial figure in the CFL for some of his past actions including racist and anti-Semitic tweets off the field and dirty hits on the field.
Mitchell was criticized in 2015 for retweeting a link to a documentary that denied the holocaust. He was fined by the league and apologized, vowing to work with a Jewish organization to learn more about it.
His Twitter feed still contains some questionable material as recently as two weeks ago.