Off-duty cops quit security for WNBA game after players wear Black Lives Matter shirt

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LowDown said:

I believe I covered that in the rest of my post. In short, BLM is unjustly and unfairly accusing the police of racism in the execution of their duties, extending to the unjust killing of black men on account of race. That, as they say, is a deal breaker. You don't get to say that crap and then say, "Oh, but I support the police." No, you don't.

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BULL****!

Literally no one supports EVERY cop there is. I'm assuming that you can support the police but still condemn the actions of corrupt cops, right?

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reinoe said:

Maybe this is part of publicity stunt to draw attention to the next WNBA team:

The Anchorage Drama Queens!

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did they name sarah palin as the team's coach?

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What happened to just doing your job without creating controversies? Both sides.

The shirts weren't needed and the walk off wasn't needed, but I understand the motivations; I just don't agree with them.

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Walking off your job as security didn't put the players at risk, it put the crowd at risk.

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justabubba said:

did they name sarah palin as the team's coach?

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Palin is the mascot.

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:coffeepap

Maybe now they can focus all their attention on doing their day jobs.

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Erod said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...after-players-wear-black-lives-matter-shirts/







This Blacks versus the Police fabrication is starting to get very real and very raw.

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That is the irony of it all....the T-shirt did not purport "Blacks v. Police".....the shirt was a tribute to all of the parties involved....but there cops decided to take offense because they didn't get the message straight.

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Μολὼν λαβέ;1066069868 said:

Pretty sure the off duty officers didn't walk off the job because of that.

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These cops were fools that got offended because they were too ignorant to understand the message. Doh!

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Pro Black Lives Matter

Pro Cop

Those aren't mutually exclusive.

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LowDown said:

So what? You can't claim to be in solidarity with the police and support BLM at the same time.

BLM claims that the police need to reform, but the police are not doing anything wrong. There's no evidence that police target blacks for racist or any other ulterior motives. People report crimes, the police respond because that's their job, a higher proportion of the perps are black. That's all there is to it.

Some of these BLM reforms come down to "don't enforce the laws in our neighborhoods so much". That ought to be completely unacceptable both to policy makers and the citizens of those neighborhoods.

Some blacks just don't want to accept responsibility for their own choices and actions.

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BS!

You can ABSOLUTELY be in solidarity with the police and support BLM. The Police DO need reform. You honestly think that no police are doing anything wrong? Welcome to "naïve-ville". That isn't saying that ALL or even MOST are...but don't be so naïve to believe that none are.

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LowDown said:

I believe I covered that in the rest of my post. In short, BLM is unjustly and unfairly accusing the police of racism in the execution of their duties, extending to the unjust killing of black men on account of race. That, as they say, is a deal breaker. You don't get to say that crap and then say, "Oh, but I support the police." No, you don't.

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Your argument rests on the mistaken premise that bad cops deserve to be supported simply because they wear and uniform and carry a badge. That simply fails.

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robertblake60 said:

Walking off your job as security didn't put the players at risk, it put the crowd at risk.

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It was a WNBA game so hopefully the dozens of fans stayed safe.

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cpwill said:

I'm sure that the players involved were grateful that their security improved and the threat to them diminished by the police deciding not to be around them.

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They can head for that "safe zone " :lamo

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disneydude said:

These cops were fools that got offended because they were too ignorant to understand the message. Doh!

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Police got the message loud and clear , too bad most liberals are too ignorant to know the difference !

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Socrates1 said:

Police got the message loud and clear , too bad most liberals are too ignorant to know the difference !

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If you believe that....then you are as ignorant and clueless as these cops. Some people are waaaaaaay too easily offended that they take offense at things that aren't even offensive.

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disneydude said:

If you believe that....then you are as ignorant and clueless as these cops. Some people are waaaaaaay too easily offended that they take offense at things that aren't even offensive.

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And liberals make up 95% of the PC world we live in.....nice try!

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Those paticular cops do not want the extra cash, other police looking for extra cash will grab the shifts, no loss except in the cops bank account.

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LowDown said:

So what? You can't claim to be in solidarity with the police and support BLM at the same time.

BLM claims that the police need to reform, but the police are not doing anything wrong. There's no evidence that police target blacks for racist or any other ulterior motives. People report crimes, the police respond because that's their job, a higher proportion of the perps are black. That's all there is to it.

Some of these BLM reforms come down to "don't enforce the laws in our neighborhoods so much". That ought to be completely unacceptable both to policy makers and the citizens of those neighborhoods.

Some blacks just don't want to accept responsibility for their own choices and actions.

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If a dad ALWAYS scrutinizes one kid every single day for every single little thing, constantly punishing him yet never even suspects his other kid of crimes, so never scrutinizes. Is it fair?

There is no doubt that police purposely troll the waters of ghettoville for more tickets than they do white suburbia. They use extra crime rate as an excuse to generate extra revenue through non-crime tickets.

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yankintx said:

Those paticular cops do not want the extra cash, other police looking for extra cash will grab the shifts, no loss except in the cops bank account.

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Wow, another expert on police. The cops wouldn't have been there if they didn't want the pay. They don't work off duty as a hobby. And, I doubt other police will grab the shifts.

President Obama will go to a memorial service for the murdered police officers and praise BLM but the cops won't do it, even for money. President Obama has no class and hates America so what does it really matter.

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Patrickt said:

Wow, another expert on police. The cops wouldn't have been there if they didn't want the pay. They don't work off duty as a hobby. And, I doubt other police will grab the shifts.

President Obama will go to a memorial service for the murdered police officers and praise BLM but the cops won't do it, even for money. President Obama has no class and hates America so what does it really matter.

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I never claimed to be an expert. So please do not assume when you know very little about me to make your lame political point. From what you have written, you would not know class if it bit you on the ass.

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The initial thrust of BLM seemed worthy and now they have mushroomed into some members making statements that are anti police and inciting violence. If you sacrificed your life ( as most officers do) and had a group doing this to you as you risk your life to protect them --- in light of that maybe they did not want that off duty gig.

Look if our society really want to approach this as not supporting officers in a very difficult high risk job requiring more intellect tham most professions then it might come to this.

If BLM had approached this as reviewing cases and asking for review on clear cases ayet as the Dallas police chief stated not second guessing form the comfort of the couch when a person has a firearm and is reaching of fit.

BLM should be educating citizens on how to respond to a pull over or how not to be a felon with a gina dn resist arrest and reach for your gun.

I was taught how to respond to being pulled over.

Yes I think some of the cases of brutality those officers should have been convicted. As Dallas Police Chief pointed out that is less than 1 %.

Yes this effacers can choose their off duty jobs and if a group inciting violence towards then or telling young black men the police are the KKK or saying they "understand" the murders of officers in Dallas --- then why should they take an off duty gig where people are wearing shirts celebrating this.

BLM is not collaborative and has incited violence.

Oh yea --- and I do get what has gone wrong with racial disparity and there needs reform in some departments or individual officers should not be officers. I just do not think BLM has broad brushed a profession of most heroes.

Maybe this effacers did not want to promote a group that is anti police in their off duty gig.

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yankintx said:

I never claimed to be an expert. So please do not assume when you know very little about me to make your lame political point. From what you have written, you would not know class if it bit you on the ass.

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I think it's a fair assumption from your comments about what the police officers' motivations were and how quickly other officers would move up to take the jobs that you consider yourself some sort of authority. Otherwise you would not have made such a silly statement.

"President Obama referred to himself 45 times over the course of the speech he delivered Tuesday at the memorial service for the five police officers killed in Dallas last week.

Read more: Obama Mentions Himself 45 Times In Dallas Memorial Speech | The Daily Caller

As for class, almost everyone knows a startling, shocking lack of class when they see it or hear it. Standing up at the memorial service for the murdered officers to defend the BLM and condemn police officers is no class. It's not like the pitiful president can't get on television any time he wants."

Right. Pure class. These guys are dead but now about me and my friends.

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robertblake60 said:

BULL****!

Literally no one supports EVERY cop there is. I'm assuming that you can support the police but still condemn the actions of corrupt cops, right?

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Yeah, but that's not what BLM does. They paint with a broad brush.

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disneydude said:

BS!

You can ABSOLUTELY be in solidarity with the police and support BLM. The Police DO need reform. You honestly think that no police are doing anything wrong? Welcome to "naïve-ville". That isn't saying that ALL or even MOST are...but don't be so naïve to believe that none are.

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Well, thanks very much for admitting that most cops are doing the right thing, but that was late in coming.

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disneydude said:

Your argument rests on the mistaken premise that bad cops deserve to be supported simply because they wear and uniform and carry a badge. That simply fails.

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Nope. My argument rests on the premise, which is totally correct, that there's no evidence that cops generally act out of racism.