Some St. Louis Cardinals fans are selling t-shirts supporting Ferguson police officer Darren Willson, who shot and killed unarmed teen Mike Brown in August.
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Knock-off shirts of professional sports teams are pretty commonplace in cities near stadiums and the slogans, logos and depictions on the shirts can range all the way from “harmless and funny” to “disgustingly offensive.” Some St. Louis Cardinals fans are making t-shirts that slide all the way towards the “disgustingly offensive” realm.
St. Louis isn’t far from Ferguson, MO, where protests and racial tensions erupted after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson killed Mike Brown, an unarmed teenager. Ferguson still hasn’t healed from the chaos, and the events in the area have caused police organizations across the nation to rethink how they enforce the law. It’s not an issue to be taken lightly, no matter what side you’re on, but apparently, some Cardinals fans are adamant in their support of Wilson, who has not been charged with any crime as of yet. They are now selling t-shirts to support Wilson.
The t-shirts themselves aren’t a whole lot to look at, but other than the idea of associating an MLB team, in this case the Cardinals, with a man who likely killed a teenager and could be charged with murder, the number six also appears on the shirt. The group claims the number represents the phrase “I got your six,” which means “I have your back,” but it also happens to be the jersey numbers of one of the most famous Cardinals Hall of Famers ever: Stan Musial.
Legally, there might not be a whole lot the Cardinals can do to stop these shirts, and there might not be enough support for them to justify the team having any sort of reaction, but this shirt doesn’t do a lot of good to stop the “Best Fans in Baseball” narrative surrounding St. Louis fans. Hopefully there’s more focus on the interesting NLCS match up against the San Francisco Giants, rather than more racial ugliness.
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