re: Steeler players didn’t know Villanueva would deviate from team’s support of Antwon Rose

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Let me tell y’all a little bit about the Antwon Rose case.

First off, the officers were found not guilty on all counts. The jury reached a verdict in just 4 hours, and the jury was made up of 7 men and 5 women, and there were Black people on the jury.

As for the facts of the case, Antwon Rose participated in a drive-by shooting just 13 minutes before he was killed.

Rose was shot by police when police pulled over the vehicle matching the description of a vehicle that just participated in a drive-by shooting. Rose ran from the vehicle, and he was shot by police.

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Under Pennsylvania law, police officers are justified in using force when they believe it 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. That suspect, the law continues, must have committed or attempted to commit a forcible felony and pose a danger to human life.


Rose had stolen a 9mm handgun in an armed robbery hours before. Drive-by victim William Ross told investigators on January 17, 2019 that Rose was in fact the individual who had shot him: "The beef was between me and him, that car came by, he shot me, I ran to the store." Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala stated that Rose had an empty 9-millimeter handgun magazine in his pocket.

Trial testimony from a scientist at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office showed that Rose had gunshot residue on his hands at the time he was shot and his DNA was found on the 9mm pistol found under the passenger seat. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published video footage showing Rose in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Cruze.

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Alejandro Villanueva

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Antwon Rose was killed by police after committing armed robbery. I can’t imagine a much worse choice for the Steelers. Glad Al honored a hero

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