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a kennedy

(32,234 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 04:30 PM Dec 2014

I wrote to ESPN about getting rid of this fat old white man......Ugh.

Before Sunday’s game, five St. Louis Rams players took the field in a “hands up, don’t shoot” solidarity protest for Ferguson and Michael Brown.

Neither the NFL nor the Rams penalized the players for their actions. When asked if they should have, Mike Ditka said:

“It’s a shame this thing has come to this,” Ditka told the Chicago Sun-Times for his weekly feature column. “The shame of it is, I’m not sure they care about Michael Brown or anything else. This was a reason to protest and to go out and loot. Is this the way to celebrate the memory of Michael Brown? Is this an excuse to be lawless? Somebody has to tell me that. I don’t understand it. I understand what the Rams’ take on this was. I’m embarrassed for the players more than anything. They want to take a political stand on this? Well, there are a lot of other things that have happened in our society that people have not stood up and disagreed about.

“I wasn’t in Ferguson. I don’t know exactly what happened. But I know one thing: If we dismantle and limit the power of our policemen any more than we have already, then we’re going to have a lot of problems in this country.

“What do you do if someone pulls a gun on you or is robbing a store and you stop them? I don’t want to hear about this hands-up crap. That’s not what happened. I don’t know exactly what did happen, but I know that’s not what happened. This policeman’s life is ruined. Why? Because we have to break somebody down. Because we have to even out the game. I don’t know. I don’t get it. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.”

http://chicagosuntimes.com/sports/mike-ditka-weighs-in-on-ferguson/

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I wrote to ESPN about getting rid of this fat old white man......Ugh. (Original Post) a kennedy Dec 2014 OP
What a racist POS. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #1
Ditka said that he didn't know exactly what happened. TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #2
I hate Mike Ditka winterwar Dec 2014 #3

TexasTowelie

(117,236 posts)
2. Ditka said that he didn't know exactly what happened.
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 07:23 PM
Dec 2014

The stupid burns strong in him. It's best to keep your mouth shut when you are ignorant as to what occurred; otherwise, you prove your ignorance.

winterwar

(210 posts)
3. I hate Mike Ditka
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 09:55 PM
Dec 2014

Hes a good ol boy Republican. He shows his true colors saying shit like this. I used to have one of his businesses as an account when I lived in Chicago. Every person that worked there was an asshole AND incompetent.

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