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NAACP to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Benching players for anthem kneeling violates rights
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:06 pm
The NAACP said in a statement Tuesday that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' pledge to bench players who take a knee during the national anthem "are a public commitment by an NFL owner to violate his players’ Constitutional right to free speech."Jones told USA TODAY Sports on Monday that Cowboys and the other NFL teams "needs to" stand for The Star-Spangled Banner in comments that followed his pledge to keep players off the field for "disrespecting the flag.”
“This is not an issue about our flag, this is an issue about police brutality, (racism, and the ability of members of the NFL whose communities are disproportionately impacted by police misconduct to peacefully say enough,” NAACP interim President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in the statement. “This is not simply a black issue due to the number of white people also killed by police, but we know historically that when justice occurs for African Americans, all other members of our society benefit as well."
The NFL does have language in the league's operations manual that specifies that players "must" be on the sideline and "should" stand for the anthem. NFL spokesperson Joe Lockhart told reporters Tuesday that no player has faced discipline for not standing during the anthem. LINK /
“This is not an issue about our flag, this is an issue about police brutality, (racism, and the ability of members of the NFL whose communities are disproportionately impacted by police misconduct to peacefully say enough,” NAACP interim President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in the statement. “This is not simply a black issue due to the number of white people also killed by police, but we know historically that when justice occurs for African Americans, all other members of our society benefit as well."
The NFL does have language in the league's operations manual that specifies that players "must" be on the sideline and "should" stand for the anthem. NFL spokesperson Joe Lockhart told reporters Tuesday that no player has faced discipline for not standing during the anthem. LINK /
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:07 pm to BowDownToLSU
Nah
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:07 pm to BowDownToLSU
Another person ignoring the fact that free speech doesnt extend to the workplace.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
It doesn't violate any rights. My employer could can me tomorrow for burning a flag or something along those lines if they wanted to. I'd have no recourse.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:
are a public commitment by an NFL owner to violate his players’ Constitutional right to free speech
Did the NFL become a governmental entity?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:08 pm to BowDownToLSU
Can we just go to war with NK already so the soft arse fricking people in this country would run out of useless shite to bitch about?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:11 pm to BowDownToLSU
The NAACP doesn't know the Constitution by now?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:13 pm to BowDownToLSU
So now it's official! NAACP supports racist BLM and their unpatriotic anti-police agenda!
How refreshingly honest!
How refreshingly honest!
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:13 pm to BowDownToLSU
Just because the people that the NAACP represent can say what they want doesn't mean it extends to the workplace.
I know for a fact two places I've been employed would have fired me in a heartbeat had I said anything negative about Obama at work. Bashing Bush or Trump would have been OK though.
I know for a fact two places I've been employed would have fired me in a heartbeat had I said anything negative about Obama at work. Bashing Bush or Trump would have been OK though.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:15 pm to BowDownToLSU
Did the NAACP say the same thing when the Google guy was fired?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:16 pm to BowDownToLSU
What if players were kneeling to end abortions and out of wedlock births? Would the NAACP still feel the same way?
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:16 pm to BowDownToLSU
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This post was edited on 10/10/17 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:20 pm to BowDownToLSU
I think I'll invoke my First Amendment privilege and harass some blacks at work.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:21 pm to BowDownToLSU
Another futile attempt by the naacp to remain relevant.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:22 pm to BowDownToLSU
Nah
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:25 pm to BowDownToLSU
Tell that to the kid the Google fired.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:25 pm to BowDownToLSU
1st amendment protects you from the government, not your employer.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:29 pm to BowDownToLSU
quote:The NAACP must only hire Southern University Law School grads to advise it on constitutional law.....
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' pledge to bench players who take a knee during the national anthem "are a public commitment by an NFL owner to violate his players’ Constitutional right to free speech."
Posted on 10/10/17 at 4:31 pm to BowDownToLSU
Well damn, John Rocker should own the Braves by now for getting his "rights" trampled on when he was shite-canned for his diatribes.
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