I believe what the football players did falls under their first amendment rights of expression. Where I think they are wrong was they did not notify their coach according to sources that they were going to do what they did. Also football is a team sport and I wonder if they have the support of the rest of their teammates or if those on the team who did not partipate in the demonstration did not support what they did.

No matter, it is their right to express themselves as long as that expression violates no laws or harms anyone.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:52:56 -0500, Roger wrote:

I just saw a vid in which a bunch of cops stopped a black teenager and
had him on the ground because someone called in a complaint he had his
hands in his pockets as he was leaving high school. It was cold and
snowing. Other teens gathered around and started shooting videos. The
cops backed off and let the kid go.


You cut and paste daily and you omit that gem?

===

He heard about it from someone who though they knew somebody who might
have heard it from someone else who wasn't there either.

That happens all the time. Thanks for the reminder!

On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.�

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.�


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

On 12/2/14 8:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.�

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.�


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

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On 12/2/14 10:50 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

Their police hardly ever get killed either.


Why do you suppose that is?

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After all, I am *not* the Jackass Whisperer.

On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/2/14 8:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.”

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.”


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

They don't have the inner city problems we have to deal with.

Go watch Luddite's video.

Whoops, that's probably racist.
--

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who's winning an argument
with a liberal."

....Peter Brimelow (Author)
(Thanks, Luddite!)

On 12/3/14 7:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/2/14 8:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.”

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.”


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

They don't have the inner city problems we have to deal with.



Johnny Herring the racist has a new "code phrase": inner city problems.



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I feel no need to explain my politics to stupid right-wingers.
After all, I am *not* the Jackass Whisperer.

On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:00:45 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/3/14 7:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/2/14 8:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.”

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.”


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

They don't have the inner city problems we have to deal with.



Johnny Herring the racist has a new "code phrase": inner city problems.

Go watch Luddite's video.
--

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who's winning an argument
with a liberal."

....Peter Brimelow (Author)
(Thanks, Luddite!)

On 12/3/14 12:03 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:00:45 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/3/14 7:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/2/14 8:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 12/1/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
Reacting to five members of the St. Louis Rams coming onto the field for
Sunday’s game displaying the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture, a St.
Louis police officers fraternal organization is demanding the team
discipline the players, and that the team and league issue a formal
apology, reports KSDK.

In a statement released Sunday evening, the St. Louis Police Officers
Association condemned the display, calling it “tasteless, offensive and
inflammatory.�

Prior to player introductions before Sunday’s game, five players —
Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt
— came out onto the field first with their hands in the air prior to
being joined by their teammates.

Responding to the display, the statement reads, “The St. Louis Police
Officers Association is profoundly disappointed with the members of the
St. Louis Rams football team who chose to ignore the mountains of
evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury this week and
engage in a display that police officers around the nation found
tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.�


* * * *

What is tasteless, offensive and inflammatory is the number of incidents
in which police beat up, shoot, and kill unarmed civilians.


Well, I think you should probably figure that a high percentage of
those unarmed citizens are guilty of breaking some law, then when the
police try to arrest them the fight. You can be sure the police kill in
self defense a very low percentage of those that fight, and then of that
low percentage a tiny percentage might have been killed and it was
wrong. If you don't fight a policeman, your odds of being killed are
very, very, very, very tiny. That's a big clue.

The bigger problem, 13% of the population murder as many as the other
87%. That 13% is the black population, if you could fix that...

Mikek

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

They don't have the inner city problems we have to deal with.



Johnny Herring the racist has a new "code phrase": inner city problems.

Charles Barkley agrees with John.
I suppose Sir Charles is a racist too.


As far as I know, there's no law against ignorant assholes agreeing with
each other.

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I feel no need to explain my politics to stupid right-wingers.
After all, I am *not* the Jackass Whisperer.

On 12/3/14 12:02 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 06:38:34 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 12/2/14 10:50 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:02:39 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

Interesting that in other modern nations like England, Germany, Japan,
et cetera, the police there hardly ever kill anyone.

Their police hardly ever get killed either.


Why do you suppose that is?

A culturally less violent and more compliant society.
If you ask your average German whether it was OK to attack an officer
and try to take his weapon he would simply be aghast. They would
expect to be killed.


Oh. So it has nothing to do with the easy availability of guns.

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I feel no need to explain my politics to stupid right-wingers.
After all, I am *not* the Jackass Whisperer.