St. Louis Cops Declare Rams' "Hands Up Don't Shoot" To Be "Offensive"

http://deadspin.com/st-louis-cops-declare-rams-hands-up-dont-shoot-to-be-1665003269?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow ^

[TigerClaws]

St. Louis police officers condemned the NFL's Rams today, calling their pre-game display of the "hands up don't shoot" gesture to be "tasteless, offensive and inflammatory." The lengthy statement issued by the St. Louis Police Officers Association demanded Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt be punished for the act:

[cherry]

don’t hold your breath....

[Bogey78O]

Going to be a lot less “Hey! You’re so-and-so from the Rams. Here’s a warning” and more “Hey! You’re so-and-so from the Rams. Here’s your ticket.”

[servantboy777]

Now I hope they lose the rest of their games. lol

[Poison Pill]

Now, if they spiked the ball after a TD they would be in real trouble.

[Jim Robinson]

Lies are always offensive.

[terycarl]

How about a two game suspension WITHOUT PAY just for being stupid and drawing negative attention to their team....

[GeronL]

How about telling them there will be no more police protection at their home games.

[pfflier]

I agree. At best it's pandering to sociopaths and revolutionaries.

The NFL has gone the way of the NBA. Gansta NFL gear is marketed to the lowest common denominator.

[samtheman]

The cops response would have been much more effective if they had just released a single statement:

Pants up! Don’t loot!

[FlingWingFlyer]

“Pants up! Don’t Loot!” is still funny though.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

How about telling them there will be no more police protection at their home games.

Now were talking. I like this idea...alot

[EDINVA]

Good for them! Wish the DC cops had done the same when the Redskins did that ‘hands up’ crap at their opening game. They’ve gotten the season they deserve and in the process lost at least this one long-time fan forever.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

were = we’re

[KeyLargo]

St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke — Democrat
AP

Kroenke gave $5,000 to one Missouri Democrat: Sen. Claire McCaskill

[fhayek]

Why worry about the fans, common sense, civility, when the alternative of barbarism is available?

[thackney]

Let’s see how much these well paid players donate for the burned out store owners in Ferguson.

[Tupelo]

Well, I am not going to win any popularity contest with my opinion, but here she is.

if as cited in the headline, city cops are calling for punishment for a free speech action, that is a violation of the Constitution. After all they are representatives of the city government.
If it is just a union thug calling for the punishment of ill mannered, ill informed pampered NFL thugs, all we have is two distrustful actions that should be condemned, but not by the city or any government entity but maybe by civilized people. The NFL and the Rams’ reaction? Now THAT is a different story.

[cloudmountain]

don’t hold your breath....

You said it.

[cloudmountain]

Let’s see how much these well paid players donate for the burned out store owners in Ferguson.

Here are a few examples of what they will contribute:

Zip

Zero

Nada

Zilch

Not a red cent

Ya gotta be kidding.

Nothing

Nil

Zot

Naught/nought

Not anything

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