The Pittsburgh Penguins, the hockey team from the city that just experienced the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in the history of the United States and one in which four cops were shot, have been declared racist for supporting those officers.
We’re honored to have Officer Mike Smidga, Chief Scott Schuber, and Officer Anthony Burke join us for tonight’s ceremonial puck drop.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/Rxlv8EBCxy
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 30, 2018
Three officers attended the Penguins game on Tuesday and held a Blue Lives Matter flag. A gesture to honor the officers who were shot working to save lives.
Yahoo News called the display of the flag “controversial.”
As some on social media quickly pointed out, Chief Shubert was proudly displaying a “Blue Lives Matter” flag during the face-off — a symbol that is widely seen as law enforcement’s insulting countermovement to the Black Lives Matter campaign, which aims to end systemic racism and violence against the African-American community.
Deadspin also derided the use of the flag to honor the hero cops.
Penguins include Blue Lives Matter flag in ceremony honoring Tree of Life victims, for some reason: https://t.co/LcSzcoUrwS pic.twitter.com/woNDa5mt0d
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 31, 2018
For those who don’t know, “Blue Lives Matter” is an explicit reaction by law enforcement to the Black Lives Matter movement, which aims to end racial prejudice in policing. It’s a rallying cry used by some of the most empowered workers in America as propaganda against vulnerable people who are simply asking not to be killed or abused by state actors, and its endorsement by the Penguins is a gross slap in the face to some of their most marginalized fans.
There are ways to honor the heroic first responders at the Tree of Life synagogue without emphasizing a rhetorical tool used to preserve the fucked up status quo.
They were joined by other deranged people on Twitter who expressed their outrage.
The Penguins somehow managed to make their honoring of the victims of an anti-semitic terror attack honor racist cops instead. Sooooo fuck them https://t.co/NVJo7tHror
— Kevin Colelli (@kcolelli) October 31, 2018
racist ass pigs 🐷
— james (@goodpundjt) October 30, 2018
Congrats on your super racist statement with this flag.
— RWD (@runwiththedogs) October 31, 2018
LRT: How fucking hypocritical of the Pens. They yuk it up with this county’s racist ,anti- semetic, ass president and NOW they do that
Fuck the Pittsburgh Penguins, hypocritical asses.
— Brandon Blake (@BrandonGBlake) October 31, 2018
Way to turn a night to remember people of a persecuted minority who were murdered in a HATE CRIME and turn it into a racist statement that further demoralizes PERSECUTED MINORITIES. Classless and trashy from an org that went gladly and willingly to meet with the “President”.
— SK (@sk199095) October 31, 2018
so emotional crying for the injured cops who raised the racist flag. Get destroyed pussies.
— Michael Riede (@MRiede) October 31, 2018
Classy, aren’t they?
It’s like social justice warriors have run out of reasons to be offended and are now grasping at straws.
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