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Cleveland Police Union Demands Apology For Cleveland Browns Protest

By Josh Hill

Oct 26, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins (16) at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 26, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins (16) at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /
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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Andrew Hawkins silently protested the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice on Sunday and the Cleveland Police are in a grouchy mood over it. 

The St. Louis Rams protested the death of Michael Brown — an unarmed black man — by raising their hands before a football game. The St. Louis police, as tone deaf as the worst of them, cried about it and demanded an apology. The same thing is happening in Cleveland, as Andrew Hawkins protested the death of Tamir Rice — a 12-year old kid — who was gunned down by police officers three times his size.

If police departments want to stop having to b-tch and moan about getting teams to grovel for protesting shooting deaths, here’s a concept: stop shooting people.

According to a statement to Cleveland’s WEWS, Police Patrolman Union president Jeff Follmer wants Andrew Hawkins and any other Browns player who protested the police department killing a 12-year old boy to say they’re sorry.

"It’s pretty pathetic when athletes think they know the law. They should stick to what they know best on the field. The Cleveland Police protect and serve the Browns stadium and the Browns organization owes us an apology."

Those are strong words for the Browns, who silently protested the violent deaths of two unarmed people. Hawkins wore his shirt to bring attention to yet another death that not many people may be familiar with but is clearly giving the spotlight to now after this incident. It’s not that Hawkins wore the shirt, as that brought a lot of attention to the death of Tamir Rice, but the blowup by the tone deaf and seemingly soulless president is going to bring even more attention to the issue.

It won’t be positive attention either, as the number of dead people at the hands of police officers is  criminal and folks like Andrew Hawkins are well within their rights to silently talk back when in a position where the police can’t shoot.

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