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The Bucks have been more vocal about police violence and racial profiling than the rest of the league for years. To decide not to play today would add to that distinction.
There was John Henson, being locked out of a jewelry store, and the owners pretending to be closed/calling the police, because they didn't feel comfortable with him being there. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/pretending-closed-911-calls-released-alleged-racial-prejudice/story?id=34803797
There was the Sterling Brown incident, over a parking violation, where local cops tased him and wrestled him to the ground. They'd later apologize to him and fire the cop in question as Brown was making arrangements to sue. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/24/sterling-brown-stungun-arrest-milwaukee-police-apologize-to-nba-player
There was the statement the Bucks put out in response to the incident, which at the time went much further than any other team had gone in actually calling out the police misconduct/brutality https://www.nba.com/bucks/news/bucks-organization-statement-sterling-brown
Also noteworthy to me that Kyle Korver, one of the NBA's first white players to be vocal about the injustices black people face, found his voice on the subject after one of his teammates in Atlanta (Thabo Sefolosha) was the victim of police brutality https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba
