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socialjusticekoolaid:

ICYMI in Ferguson (12/1/14): Several St Louis Rams players showed their solidarity with Ferguson protesters as they took the field, displaying the now iconic “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” gesture. The head of the St Louis Police Association, cop killer apologist/defender Jeff Roorda (really, there aren’t enough unpleasant things to say about him), was outraged by the salute, and is calling for the players to be disciplined. The Rams won themselves some new fans today, Roorda be damned! #staywoke #farfromover

The NFL has said it will not take action. (For once doing the right thing.)

Also if you didn’t know, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the Olympic medalists who gave the black power salute in 1968, were booed off the field, thrown off the team and received death threats for years afterward. There are several books and a documentary film about them worth looking up.