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Minneapolis off-duty police officers leave jobs at WNBA game due to teams shirts

Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:09 am
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:09 am
Couldn't fit a more descriptive title. I apologize. I also searched and couldn't find anything about this, if I missed it then I apologize again.





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Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working security at Saturday’s WNBA game at the Target Center quit their (freelance) jobs and walked out, after four Lynx players held a press conferencing denouncing violence committed by and against police, and the entire team wore warmup shirts mentioning the victims of a week of terrible violence.

The tragedies had meaning to both teams in the game, which the Lynx won 93-56 over the Dallas Wings. Philando Castile was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul Wednesday night. The next night, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, a lone gunman opened fire on police, killing five officers and wounding six other people.

The Lynx players’ shirts read “Change Starts With Us: Justice & Accountability” on the front, and on the back listed the names of Castile, Alton Sterling, a Dallas Police Department emblem, and Black Lives Matter.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57403 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:10 am to
I'm really beginning to not like professional sports.
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:11 am to
Who was left in charge of crowd control to prevent the nearly ten fans from getting out of hand?
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
12435 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:11 am to
Can't imagine there were enough crowd to warrant security anyway.. Good for both sides in expressing there rights
Posted by TiptonInSC
Aiken, SC
Member since Dec 2012
18927 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:12 am to
At least they now have a good reason to not attend shitty women's basketball.
Posted by massiveattack
CharLIT/Chapel Chill
Member since Oct 2010
11555 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:12 am to
Putting the badge instead of the dead officers' names pisses me off
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51416 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:13 am to
Why did they include the Dallas PD emblem but not just the words "Dallas Police Department" or "Dallas" or just the names of the slain officers?
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 9:14 am
Posted by geauxtigers456
Member since Jul 2015
2067 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:13 am to
then ya BOY DERAY was tweeting shite like they're obligated to do that? they're security for a side job, that's not apart of their job as a police officer. but you can't help stupid
Posted by John Gotti
Vestavia HIlls, AL
Member since Jul 2013
3370 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:14 am to
4,1,2,3
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 9:15 am
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37271 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:16 am to
Never thought I'd see the day when so many ppl would openly support some shite stain that had more arrests than years of his life.
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
108009 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:19 am to
In other WNBA news, the LA Sparks went straight to damage control mode when they found out one of their players was in fact, heterosexual.
Posted by terd ferguson
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Member since Aug 2007
108786 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:20 am to
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Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working security


Do they really need 1 security guard for each fan?
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
83958 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:22 am to
If the cops left, then who else was left to watch the game?
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34415 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:24 am to
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denouncing violence committed by and against police


This is what bullshite looks like.
Posted by Langland
Trumplandia
Member since Apr 2014
15382 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:28 am to
I'm not looking forward to LSU's first home game because of this shite.
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
6465 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:33 am to
Who was making sure the fan didn't do anything crazy?
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:39 am to
I'm wondering how many balls are on the court during an WNBA game.
Posted by dnm3305
Member since Feb 2009
13626 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:41 am to
Yea! Way to represent LSU Seimone Augustus!!













Posted by Das Jackal
Da Bayou
Member since Sep 2011
2601 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:44 am to
Who give a frick about the WNBA, screw these dumb bitches.
Posted by Raz4back
Member since Mar 2011
3950 posts
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:58 am to
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Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working security at Saturday’s WNBA game


That probably lowered the attendance by 50%
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 9:58 am
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