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The St. Louis Rams want you to know the team did not apologize for that Ferguson protest
Source: Washington Post
The St. Louis Rams want you to know the team did not apologize for that Ferguson protest
By Lindsey Bever December 2 at 4:20 AM
In St. Louis, it’s not hard to say you’re sorry — especially when you’re not sorry, and you don’t have to say it.
On Sunday, when five St. Louis Rams players stepped on to the field with arms raised in solidarity with Ferguson, Mo., protesters, the St. Louis Police Officers Association called it a “display that police officers around the nation found tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.” The organization released a statement chastising players for ignoring “the mountains of evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury,” which did not find sufficient evidence to indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
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On Monday, amid the brewing controversy, Rams Executive Vice President Kevin Demoff contacted the police department. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told his department in an e-mail that Demoff called to apologize for any player who slighted police.
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On Monday night, Demoff denied any such apology to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, saying he merely expressed that he “felt badly that our players’ support of the community was taken as disrespectful to law enforcement.”
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By Lindsey Bever December 2 at 4:20 AM
In St. Louis, it’s not hard to say you’re sorry — especially when you’re not sorry, and you don’t have to say it.
On Sunday, when five St. Louis Rams players stepped on to the field with arms raised in solidarity with Ferguson, Mo., protesters, the St. Louis Police Officers Association called it a “display that police officers around the nation found tasteless, offensive and inflammatory.” The organization released a statement chastising players for ignoring “the mountains of evidence released from the St. Louis County Grand Jury,” which did not find sufficient evidence to indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
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On Monday, amid the brewing controversy, Rams Executive Vice President Kevin Demoff contacted the police department. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told his department in an e-mail that Demoff called to apologize for any player who slighted police.
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On Monday night, Demoff denied any such apology to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, saying he merely expressed that he “felt badly that our players’ support of the community was taken as disrespectful to law enforcement.”
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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/02/the-st-louis-rams-want-you-to-know-the-team-did-not-apologize-for-that-ferguson-protest/
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