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Indiana cop told to stop selling 'divisive' shirts
APee ^ | 19 Dec 2014

Posted on 12/19/2014 11:30:05 AM PST by shove_it

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Some officials in the Indiana city of South Bend have called on a police officer to stop selling T-shirts that make light of the "I can't breathe" refrain used in recent protests of the police killing of a New York City man. Mishawaka police officer Jason Barthel this week began selling T-shirts with the message "Breathe easy, don't break the law" at a South Bend store he owns in response to a weekend protest at the University of Notre Dame.

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South Bend City Council members Oliver Davis, Henry Davis Jr. and Valerie Schey on Tuesday called on Barthel to stop selling his "Breathe Easy" shirts. "Unfortunately, the divisive message that is being currently promoted through the sale of T-shirts bearing this message damages the goal of unity and further divides our community," they said in a statement...

(Excerpt) Read more at gopusa.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
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To: TontoKowalski

“South Bend, Indiana, is now the North Korea of the Midwest.”

The cop is not in South Bend. He is in Mishawaka. The Mishawaka city attorney says they will take no action on the policeman’s private activities.


21 posted on 12/19/2014 12:07:37 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: shove_it

“Little tyrants flexing their muscles. “

They have no authority in this case.


22 posted on 12/19/2014 12:08:11 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: shove_it

As if the stuff these people do - like blocking expressways at rush hour - were not the least bit “divisive.”


23 posted on 12/19/2014 12:09:01 PM PST by madprof98
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To: TexasGator

” The cop is not in South Bend. He is in Mishawaka.”

Right next door to one another.


24 posted on 12/19/2014 12:42:44 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

“Right next door to one another.”

But different jurisdictions.


25 posted on 12/19/2014 12:45:08 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: shove_it

Typical, they don’t like it so they want to get rid of it. This cop should make another shirt saying: I can breathe, but the thought police won’t let me sell the other shirt.


26 posted on 12/19/2014 2:45:15 PM PST by Baladas
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To: newbolt; aumrl
I’d rather they used correct English.

Oh back offly.

27 posted on 12/19/2014 2:51:30 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: TexasGator
No offense intended towards the fine city of South Bend.

The byline of the article reads "South Bend."

But I stand corrected.

28 posted on 12/19/2014 6:05:03 PM PST by TontoKowalski
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To: Starstruck
So a the conversation about race is really a monologue?

YES. When a liberal says we need to have a conversation about race they mean white people need to sit down, shut-up and pay attention.

29 posted on 12/19/2014 8:08:37 PM PST by GOPJ (Lieawatha/Obama - Obama for the tint on his skin. Lieawatha for what's missing between her legs...)
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To: shove_it

Cop’s response to the thug and lynch mob apologists ? “No.”


30 posted on 12/20/2014 1:47:34 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: GOPJ

Bingo. It’s way past time to flip the script.


31 posted on 12/20/2014 1:47:59 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: tacticalogic

I like that one!


32 posted on 12/20/2014 1:49:27 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: TexasGator
The sales are taking place out of a store in South Bend, and the store is South Bend is owned by the police officer.

Not saying the council has any authority in this matter, beyond the authority to make fools of themselves, but the divisiveness they are stoking is in their city.

33 posted on 12/20/2014 1:53:43 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: fieldmarshaldj

You’re right. Our turn to do silly guilt trips...


34 posted on 12/20/2014 9:12:08 AM PST by GOPJ (Once the tiger claws you, the worst response is to pull his tail... freeper IronJack)
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