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Minneapolis cops working Lynx game walk out over player comments, warm-up jerseys
StarTribune.com ^
| 7/11/16
| Randy Furst
Posted on 07/11/2016 7:48:07 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working the Minnesota Lynx game at Target Center on Saturday night walked off the job after the players held a news conference denouncing racial profiling, then wore Black Lives Matter pregame warm-up jerseys.
Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Minneapolis Police Federation, the union that represents rank-and-file officers, praised them for quitting. "I commend them for it," he said.
Kroll said the four officers also removed themselves from a list of officers working future games. He did not know who the officers were. "Others said they heard about it and they were not going to work Lynx games," he said.
Asked if other officers will fill in for those who quit, Kroll said, "If [the players] are going to keep their stance, all officers may refuse to work there."
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TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: blm; lynx; minnesota; wnba
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Good for the cops involved. It's too bad that the only team in town that wins championships on a regular basis feels the need to resort to making a political statement.
Never been to a Lynx game.
Never will.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Good for them, don’t work for people who don’t appreciate you.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:49:53 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:50:59 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
WNBA? If 4 cops left, they had an empty house.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Let the stadium employ EVENT STAFF for security.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Let the stadium employ EVENT STAFF for security.
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Post twice, for Emphasis. /h
To: Red Badger
“What sport?.......”
Basketball, Jones.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
When will under represented ethnic groups be represented in the WNBA?
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:52:31 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I guessed, but wasn’t sure.........
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:54:23 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Good...they want to spit in cops’ faces, then no more protective detail.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:54:46 PM PDT
by
Mjreagan
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Let the stadium employ EVENT STAFF for security. Let the stadium employ BLM for security. There fixed it.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:55:02 PM PDT
by
ProudFossil
(" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
To: Red Badger
To: 2banana
Yes, where are all the Asian a d !Latino p!Ayers?.......must be discrimination !.......
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:56:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I’m tired of sports teams pandering to homosexuals and terrorists.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:57:25 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Since this is apparently a women’s basketball team, they should get the BLM Lesbian Auxiliary to provide security.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:57:37 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:58:39 PM PDT
by
rolling_stone
(our founders are rolling over in their graves, and yelling 2nd amendment when all else fails)
To: ozzymandus
WNBA? If 4 cops left, they had an empty house. They were probably the only straight people in the building.
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posted on
07/11/2016 7:59:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
The New Black Panthers would make the paying customers real happy.(/s)
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posted on
07/11/2016 8:01:17 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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