Posted on 12/01/2014 6:56:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Five St. Louis Rams football players came on to the field for the pre-game introductions with their hands raised in the familiar "hands up, don't shoot" pose of protestors demonstrating the decision of the Ferguson grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting case.
The political statement has been condemned by the St. Louis Polcie Officers Association, who expressed their displeasure with the Rams organization and demanded the players be sanctioned.
The statement deserves to be published in its entirety:
From KDSK:
"Five members of the Rams entered the field today exhibiting the "hands-up-don't-shoot" pose that has been adopted by protestors who accused Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson of murdering Michael Brown. The gesture has become synonymous with assertions that Michael Brown was innocent of any wrongdoing and attempting to surrender peacefully when Wilson, according to some now-discredited witnesses, gunned him down in cold blood."
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It’s long past time we look at the diversity of the NFL. Not enough white guys, Hispanics, and Asians playing. What? The rules only apply 1 way?
It seems to me that a public statement made by the SLPOA is closer to official (or quasi-official) than individual.
Fine or fire for this and what is stop the same happening to another player raising hands in prayer to God or pointing to God in gratitude? Free speech is free speech.
Yes they do.
You don’t lose your right to free speech on the job. It is Obama types that want free speech zones and restricted speech everywhere else. I don’t have to agree with someone to defend their right to free speech.
Yes, you do. When you are representing your employer, you do what they pay you to do, not anything else.
I expect the waitress at Chili’s to serve me cheese fries, not lectures on politics.
I expect NFL players to play football.
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