'Hands up' gesture by St. Louis Rams NFL players riles police group

American Thinker ^ | 12/01/2014 | Rick Moran

[vpintheak]

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?

[RansomOttawa]

Police officers, as individuals and not in an official capacity, have every right to also express their opinions. The same right NFL players have when they are not acting as official representatives of their employers.

It seems to me that a public statement made by the SLPOA is closer to official (or quasi-official) than individual.

[free_life]

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.

[free_life]

Yes they do.

[free_life]

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.

[SoothingDave]

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.