Cleveland police union president: ...Justice for Tamir Rice shirt 'disrespectful'
Source: Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland police union president said on Sunday that Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins' "Justice for Tamir Rice" shirt is "pathetic."
Jeff Follmer said on Sunday that Hawkins' shirt was disrespectful and demanded an apology from the Browns.
Hawkins wore a shirt that said "Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford" on the front and "The Real Battle for Ohio" on the back during pre-game warm-ups before the Browns home game against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium.
"He's an athlete. He's someone with no facts of the case whatsoever," Follmer said. "He's disrespecting the police on a job that we had to do and make a split-second decision."
Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/cleveland_police_union_preside_1.html
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said about the actions of the Rams players a few weeks ago.
I think there is this thing called the first amendment and everyone has a right to their opinion and to express themselves, but maybe I missed something........
The implications of Follmer's statements are that videos of the shooting, and police statements amount to "no facts of the case whatsoever", and that citizens are disrespectful if they do anything other than trust that the police always do the right thing, and that all the "facts of the case whatsoever" is the business of the police and not the business of the public, whose role is to let the police "do their job".
America is sick and tired of police constantly lashing out at people like society is an enemy.
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Each Other Only!
Assholes.
