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Members of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams came onto their home field on Sunday posing with the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture associated with the shooting of teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
The gesture has become part of a movement designed to draw attention to the spate of shootings of young African-American men by police officers across the country.
As player introductions began at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, five players — Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and Kenny Britt — came out onto the field first, to the applause of the crowd, before being joined by their teammates.
The gesture comes on the weekend following protests after a Ferguson grand jury declined to indict Wilson in the death of Brown.
The gesture has become part of a movement designed to draw attention to the spate of shootings of young African-American men by police officers across the country.
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
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And will be pretty hard to ignore, either, given the place football has in American life.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
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And will be pretty hard to ignore, either, given the place football has in American life.
The NFL's track record lately has not been one of high moral rectitude.
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
Their moral track record has always been poor, so that is not news. Football players have been beating and raping women, assaulting people, driving while intoxicated, using legal and illegal drugs, gambling, and dodging taxes for decades with slaps on the wrists being the standard punishment.
Still, the NFL remains one of the most important cultural institutions in this country, and something more people pay attention to than they do anything else.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Well, maybe for those with a poor moral compass. When I want a lesson on good morals I will look to a group that actually has them instead of systemically supporting amorality.
originally posted by: olaru12
But you have to admit that the NFL and NBA are iconic entities in American culture.
There show of support for Ferguson can't be ignored.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Well, maybe for those with a poor moral compass. When I want a lesson on good morals I will look to a group that actually has them instead of systemically supporting amorality.
I see it as the NFL supporting burning down innocent businesses.
Teebow couldn't bow in the endzone but players can support violence in America.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
This is not, however, the NFL's support, this is five players on one team's choice to protest. Reminiscent of the Black Power hand gesture in the Olympics.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: TinfoilTP
I see it as the NFL supporting burning down innocent businesses.
Where did they say they supported that? You do know there are people there that is protesting peacefully.
Teebow couldn't bow in the endzone but players can support violence in America.
He couldn't bow in the end-zone because he sucked. Btw it was keeling not bowing.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
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And will be pretty hard to ignore, either, given the place football has in American life.
The NFL's track record lately has not been one of high moral rectitude.
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
Still a better track record than cops or Congress.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: TinfoilTP
First of all tebow could do his knell, did it plenty, hence the joke about it.
And the players only reflect the NFL when the NFL wants them to reflect them to get money from them.
Doesn't mean they speak for the organization.
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
Your theory that the NFL ignores players is false because they fine players regularly for their conduct off the field. In this case they are actually displaying poor conduct on an actual NFL playing field, a nationally televised event paid for by the NFL. To pretend they do not represent the NFL is dishonest.