Steelers’ player: the NFL Team gaslighted players about police shooting ‘victim.’

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The NFL’s blind support for leftist social justice causes was sure to backfire and indeed it has.

The Pittsburgh Steelers wore helmet decals on “Monday Night Football” this week that honored a black Pittsburgh-area teenager who was shot and killed by police two years ago.

Antwon Rose Jr. died after being shot in the back by a white officer in 2018, but the situation was much more complex than that — and the team decals seemed an implicit disavowal of the law enforcement officer who fired at Rose.

The Steelers left out of their statement that Rose was a passenger in a car that was suspected of being involved in a drive-by shooting just moments before it was pulled over. The drive-by left two people wounded.

Rose allegedly was attempting to flee the scene when he was shot in the back by Officer Michael Rosfeld.

Such a shooting is justified in Pennsylvania if the officer believes such force is necessary “to prevent death or serious injury to themselves or others, or if they believe it necessary to prevent a suspect’s escape from arrest,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported when covering Rosfeld’s murder trial.

Rosfeld was acquitted by a jury with three black members.

Zaijuan Hester, 18, an alleged accomplice of Rose’s, was later convicted on charges stemming from the drive-by, The Associated Press reported.

The Steelers left out the details surrounding Rose’s death when explaining the decision to honor him to fans and the media before the game.

One player now says he “inadvertently supported” the cause to honor Rose.

Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey posted about the decal Thursday on Instagram. He explained he was “given limited information” about the shooting and said, “I want to make sure [the police] understand I inadvertently supported a cause of which I did not fully comprehend the entire background of the case.”

The 31-year-old from Florida said he was “unaware of the whole story surrounding [Rose’s] death and what transpired during the trial following the tragedy.”

“I take responsibility for not doing more investigating into something that is sensitive to the community and [the Rose family],” he said, adding, “Moving forward, I will make my own decision about what to wear on the back of my helmet.”

Pouncey made it clear he is “against racism” and concluded, “My focus will continue to be on helping the police in our communities.”

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