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...
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“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.
“Little tyrants flexing their muscles. “
They have no authority in this case.
As if the stuff these people do - like blocking expressways at rush hour - were not the least bit “divisive.”
” The cop is not in South Bend. He is in Mishawaka.”
Right next door to one another.
“Right next door to one another.”
But different jurisdictions.
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.
Oh back offly.
The byline of the article reads "South Bend."
But I stand corrected.
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.
Cop’s response to the thug and lynch mob apologists ? “No.”
Bingo. It’s way past time to flip the script.
I like that one!
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.
You’re right. Our turn to do silly guilt trips...
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