St. Louis Police Want Apology, Suspension Of Rams Players For Ferguson Protest
The St. Louis Police Officers Association is demanding a “very public apology” and discipline for players who participated in an on-field protest Sunday.
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Five St. Louis Rams Rams players walked on to the field using the “hands up, don’t shoot” pose adopted by protestors in Ferguson, Mo. following the Michael Brown shooting. The gesture seemingly angered the St. Louis Police Officers Association, who have demanded a “very public apology” and for the players involved to be disciplined.
The statement characterized the SLPOA’s position as “profoundly disappointed” with the Rams.
According to a statement released by the organization – quoting business manager Jeff Roorda – since Ferguson officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury and since St. Louis police work to protect the team’s stadium, NFL players have no right to voice their opinion on the matter…
Rams players Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens were the players who made the gesture before Sunday’s 52-0 win over the Raiders.
Roorda dismissed the notion of First Ammendment rights as well:
“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.
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Anomaly 100 December 1st, 2014 at 7:19 am
LOL @ Jeff Roorda. Google him. He’s a piece of work.
edmeyer_able December 1st, 2014 at 7:30 am
and since St. Louis police work to protect the team’s stadium, NFL players have no right to voice their opinion on the matter…
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Maybe someone should remind him Lincoln freed the slaves…
Anomaly 100 December 1st, 2014 at 7:42 am
Roorda is a friend of Darren Wilson’s.
CB December 1st, 2014 at 4:32 pm
This nonsense infuriates me!
The job of the police is to protect the right of people to say what they want… not to dictate to them what they may and may not say!!!
How in the world have the members of the St. Louis Police Officer’s Association gotten it so horribly turned around?
Heads need to roll here! Whoever’s responsible for the statement needs to go and if that person doesn’t go, the Association needs to go. Ridiculous!
Anomaly 100 December 1st, 2014 at 6:14 pm
They need to start with Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson and work their way down. That is, if they want real change in Ferguson. Jackson needs to go. The Mayor isn’t a keeper either.
Larry Schmitt December 1st, 2014 at 7:43 am
From Wikipedia: “He was a police officer in Arnold, Missouri until 2001, when he was fired for making false statements.”
And he’s a Missouri State Rep. Just the kind of guy you want representing you.
Tommy6860 December 1st, 2014 at 8:18 am
Screw him and Wilson. After Darren’s clearly sociopathic spiel with Stephanopoulos, those two can do nothing but excuse each other. When Wilson said the hardest thing he’s ever done was to quit his job (paraphrasing), I about vomited. I guess the easiest thing for him to do was to shoot and kill an unarmed teen; what a burden that wasn’t for him, as he barfed up his sorry-assed resignation.
Then Goorda said “This is a trying time for him and our community’” FFSx10!
rg9rts December 1st, 2014 at 8:43 am
Don’t forget the $$$$$ from ABC
Anomaly 100 December 1st, 2014 at 8:47 am
I loves me this tweet.
https://twitter.com/BangingChains/status/539410558962122752
Tommy6860 December 1st, 2014 at 8:49 am
Totally apropos!
crc3 December 1st, 2014 at 10:25 am
Half a million plus in assets will go a long way but is only minimal justice for MB because he cannot be brought back to life…
Carla Akins December 1st, 2014 at 8:05 am
And the rest of are waiting for an apology from St Louis law enforcement for their behavior.
crc3 December 1st, 2014 at 10:23 am
Maybe when hell freezes over???
Carla Akins December 1st, 2014 at 10:32 am
That’s my thought.
Tommy6860 December 1st, 2014 at 8:11 am
Can you say “Butthurt”?
rg9rts December 1st, 2014 at 8:42 am
Since when does the St Louis police dictate when you may exercise free speech???
mea_mark December 1st, 2014 at 9:09 am
Since they have been able to get away with murder and not even have a trial.
Arturo Jacobo Saiz December 1st, 2014 at 8:52 am
Me Thinks The Lady Doth Protest Too Much….WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
uzza December 1st, 2014 at 9:36 am
“cops have
first2nd amendment rights too, and we plan to exercise ours.”Fixed that for him.
Wayout December 1st, 2014 at 9:36 am
Just one little problem that those idiot players forgot to take into account – “hands up , don’t shoot” just did not happen. It’s a cute little saying for sure, but it is not the truth.
crc3 December 1st, 2014 at 9:39 am
You wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you in your bigoted ass….
OldLefty December 1st, 2014 at 9:50 am
The truth is, that we don’t know what happened.
That the odds are as much in favor that “hands up , don’t shoot”, DID happen as they are in favor of it never happening is the problem and the reason that there is no rational reason for confidence in the “verdict”.
Wayout December 1st, 2014 at 10:53 am
We know more of the truth now then before, at least that “truth” which was being portrayed by some. The duly constituted Grand Jury, a body made up of citizens was convened and after reviewing all the evidence presented a judgment of NO BILL.
This is the process of legal justice, not the street justice that you, Sharpton, and the thugs on the street seem to want, but the kind of justice a law respecting society offers.
arc99 December 1st, 2014 at 11:04 am
if street justice is good enough for the Cliven Bundy thugs, why not in Ferguson as well?
OldLefty December 1st, 2014 at 11:42 am
No we don’t.
There is a reason why legal experts have weighed in on how the entire procedure was botched and was treated as a one sided defense with no judge, and no prosecution.
There is also a reason why the Mound City Bar Association, has asked McCulloch to recuse himself indicating that there is a vast conflict of interest and a huge amount of distrust in McCulloch’s ability to deal with this case properly. McCulloch’s decisions in this case add to that suspicion.
No lawyer would allow a client, who went silent until after the forensic evidence was in to testify to a grand jury unless he was guaranteed it would be a friendly environment.
arc99 December 1st, 2014 at 9:56 am
since when do right wingers care about the truth?
it was a symbolic gesture by those players exercising their first amendment rights. despite what you right wingers think, people with ideas you dislike have first amendment rights too.
tracey marie December 1st, 2014 at 2:13 pm
yes it is, even darren the killer cop said Micheals hands were raised in submission
crc3 December 1st, 2014 at 9:38 am
Screw what the SL cops think. No apology needed by the players involved. Complying with the cops in this situation will just makes things worse not better. Why? Freedom of speech and expression is taken away which is unconstitutional…
arc99 December 1st, 2014 at 10:11 am
The Rams went on to defeat the Oakland Raiders 52-0.
As a northern California Raiders fan, never have I been so pleased after my team gets their tails kicked like that.
damionblackthorn December 1st, 2014 at 10:12 am
I believe the police has a right to NOT provide security for these overpaid players on Sunday then…isn’t that correct? I wonder how that would go over??
arc99 December 1st, 2014 at 10:14 am
Everyone has the right NOT to do their job.
As long as the St. Louis police accept the consequences of being fired for not doing their jobs and not whine about it, it would go over fine with me and most other sane people.
edmeyer_able December 1st, 2014 at 10:24 am
The st louis police are paid public servants, the players are not servants of the police dept.
What is life like on the planet you were born?
Karen Hayes December 1st, 2014 at 2:37 pm
Let them hire private security. They can certainly afford that. They don’t want the cops at the game, no problem.
rick taylor December 1st, 2014 at 10:26 am
America stands with the Rams. Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens, thank you for having the morals that the SLPD lack
rick taylor December 1st, 2014 at 10:34 am
Anyone notice that right wing nut jobs were against the cops for trying to stop Bundy from stealing from the taxpayers by supporting white, racist, armed thugs? But when a proven racist white cop kills an unarmed black kid with his hands in the air, the cops were right. damionblackthorn would you feel the same way if the cops had shoot 2 or 3 of the racist thugs at Bundy Ranch in the head?
arc99 December 1st, 2014 at 10:37 am
I have been noticing it for weeks. There is a definite double standard.
Randy Weaver and David Koresh were accused criminals who used deadly force to resist arrest. Officers were killed.
Cliven Bundy is an admitted criminal.
They are all right wing heroes.
What is the difference? They are white.
Wayout December 1st, 2014 at 11:00 am
That’s right, the poor “Gentle Giant” of a kid did nothing, he was just shot out of hand by a racist cop. Nice story, until the facts came out. You know, pesky things like a strong arm robbery, trying to get the police officers gun. Hey, if Officer Wilson wanted to kill young black people, why didn’t he shoot Mike Browns buddy who was also there and just as unarmed?
mea_mark December 1st, 2014 at 11:22 am
Or he ran out of bullets when he unloaded on Brown.
tracey marie December 1st, 2014 at 2:12 pm
the killer racist cop was the same size as Micheal…this is just more of your racism and hood wearing
ExPFCWintergreen December 1st, 2014 at 2:28 pm
No one forgot about anything. Wilson’s clearly an incompetent moron, and he’d already pumped all 12 rounds out of the mag in his Sig P229. So he’s sitting there trying to figure out how to put more bullets in the gun, and while he’s making his brain hurt with the effort the other kid runs to safety. Ain’t that hard to figure out, Chucklehead.
Foundryman December 1st, 2014 at 11:04 am
There are few entities in our world who owe more apologies to more people than the police….You first….
Carla Akins December 1st, 2014 at 11:20 am
My favorite tweet: I’m sorry that police responded more quickly to NFL players’ peaceful protest than they did to a dead body in the street. #STLPDApologies
ExPFCWintergreen December 1st, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Da po-po gotted a boo-boo on deir fwee-fwees
Jerry Korman December 1st, 2014 at 1:02 pm
It doesn’t matter what the verdict is or not, it doesn’t even matter if we agree with the football players or not. What matters is that EVERYONE has a right to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful protest Right or wrong those 5 players didn’t agree with the verdict and expressed their opinion to the world!
Bunya December 1st, 2014 at 1:59 pm
Good luck proving their case. Maybe the players held their hands up merely as a gesture, saying “hi” to their adoring fans.
cvryder2000 December 1st, 2014 at 1:59 pm
Yeah? People in hell want a drink of water, too. And so?
tracey marie December 1st, 2014 at 2:10 pm
That was great, good for those men.
Jak Crow December 1st, 2014 at 3:12 pm
There’s nothing like improving your group’s reputation by continuing to act like a bunch of douchebags.
Roctuna December 1st, 2014 at 9:17 pm
That’s douchecanoes, just ask Carla.
Carla Akins December 1st, 2014 at 9:29 pm
That’s right!
Naithom December 1st, 2014 at 4:45 pm
I do hope that the folks in St. Louis Co.’s legal department were paying attention to that last comment by Roorda. Sure sounded as though he and his ilk planned to use their positions to retaliate…which is against state and civil laws.
mmaynard119 December 1st, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Someone should tell the moron on MSNBC in the morning to shut the bleep up.
“I’m sorry, this Ram thing, this was the final straw for me,” an exasperated Scarborough said. “I have sat here quietly and listened to BS being spewed all over this network and all over other networks. I can’t take it anymore.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-scarborough-just-went-on-an-epic-tirade-about-ferguson-2014-12#ixzz3KgZ8C6st
New Old Gnu December 1st, 2014 at 5:52 pm
The “Police Union”‘s Reaction to This Gesture, speaks Volumes about, and Perfectly “Spotlights” the “Us against Them” Attitude embraced by the OVER-Militarized MUNICIPAL Police agencies, across This Country ….. Which, in Fact, IS THE PROBLEM !!! …. “We the Enemy” MUST Acquiesce Immediately and Calmly to what “THE POLICE” Demand of “Us” !! … And the Slightest Demonstration of Disagreement with THAT ……. WILL be Punished !! .. “God” Bless America !!!
burqa December 1st, 2014 at 9:36 pm
The fuzz has a point. It was a slap in the face and a demonstration of stupidity by guys who just didn’t learn.
I find it interesting when people first form an opinion based on what turns out to be a false story, but when the facts become known, facts that show their initial conclusion was wrong, they persist in holding an opinion they know to be wrong.
On another board there’s a conservative who manifests this insistence on error by remaining convinced Iraq had the WMD and an active nuke program.
There are some who persist in believing Tawana Brawley was kidnapped and smeared with human feces by white supremacists.
In this case, the witness testimony and the forensic evidence has shown the initial story we got about Michael Brown being shot in the back by a racist cop was wrong, and that he had his hands up in surrender was also wrong.
So the players chose to advertise their thick-headedness on TV.
whatthe46 December 1st, 2014 at 11:01 pm
you sound like charlie brown’s teacher. can’t understand anything you say, its all garbage.
chicano2nd December 1st, 2014 at 11:11 pm
Uh, you poor ignoramus! The lies you use were made up by St. Louis Dispatch reporters and carried by WAPO. The lies were exposed by the expert they said things they actually made up or in other words, lied.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/23/1338661/-The-Official-Michael-Brown-Autopsy-Report-Doesn-t-Say-What-the-St-Louis-Post-Dispatch-Says-It-Does?detail=email
Are you a brown shirter or just an dumb water carrier?
fancypants December 2nd, 2014 at 12:32 am
The people and now rams players have spoken
If I were you, I would keep your big mouth shut
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-21/illinois-plan-to-cut-111-billion-pension-shortfall-struck-down.html
Roctuna December 1st, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Reminds me of this from the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Tommy Smith and John Carlos send a message to white Murica
Angelo_Frank December 1st, 2014 at 10:37 pm
Given the rapid militarization of law enforcement in this country I can see why the St. Louis Police Officers Association is “angry” at these Rams players taking a stand.
chicano2nd December 1st, 2014 at 11:06 pm
The idiot cop doesn’t understand the 1st protects speech from infringement by the government, you know, like cops and such!
Boehner-Monkey December 2nd, 2014 at 1:54 am
For Jack Black/School of Rock fans, that is an example of
“stickin’ it to The Man.”
Candide Thirtythree December 2nd, 2014 at 8:42 am
“Well I’ve got news for people who think that way, cops have first amendment rights too, and we plan to exercise ours.”
Police departments threatening uber-rich football players…@,@/
Don’t they usually use second amendment rights to deal with anyone who speacks out against them?
First amendment…what they gonna do, talk em to death???