Tagged: militarized state

“On Sunday, Rams stars Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt all participated in the demonstration, as they exited their home field tunnel to start the game. ‘I just think there has to be a change,’ Cook told the Associated Press after the Rams’ blowout victory. ‘There has to be a change that starts with the people that are most influential around the world.’ ‘I don’t want the people in the community to feel like we turned a blind eye to it,’ Britt added. ‘What would I like to see happen? Change in America.'”

In response, the predominately all-white…

St. Louis Police Officers Association (SLPOA) released a statement early on Monday strongly condemning what they called a “tasteless, offensive and inflammatory” display.

The SLPOA’s business manager Jeff Roorda said, “it is unthinkable that hometown athletes would so publicly perpetuate a narrative that has been disproven over-and-over again.” The SLPOA went on to call the NFL “remarkably hypocritical” for allowing the players to protest and called for them to be disciplined and for the Rams organization to apologize.

“I know that there are those that will say that these players are simply exercising their First Amendment rights. Well I’ve got news for people who think that way, cops have First Amendment rights too, and we plan to exercise ours,” said Roorda.

Is Roorda making some kind of threat or something?? As we know, whites believe they are the victims of discrimination and that our protests against institutionalized racism, police brutality and other injustices that disproportionately affect black and brown communities are merely “perpetuat[ing] a narrative that has been disproven over-and-over again.” Smdh. It’s thinking like Roorda that’s part of America’s problem. This guy needs to be fired, along with the rest of them — similar to what happened to Darren Wilson and the last police department he worked for.