maybe too much of a legal question but:

and this is tolerable? we are not supposed to be at war with our police. we have a constitutional right to deny illegal search and seizure. we have a right to not be arrested illegally. Hell, POWs are shown more mercy—they at least have a chance to survive their capture.

This is what a broken social contract looks like. Ask if there’s a difference this word and “Police Officer” in minority communities. Not much of a discernible difference.

So I see Newton is an aspiring fencerider!

I’ll say it right now. The entirety of the Carolina Panthers should kneel at the anthem this week. Make this absolutely explode. People care more about their flag feels than people getting murdered. The only reason I can think that’s the case is some people are still valuing some lives at 3/5ths of others.

Thanks for this. It is the complete opposite of the article I read the day afterwards on Bloomberg where the writer expresses direct desire to give up her privacy for protection and advocates it as a better way to live. It was infuriating.

Until police get convicted, this will never change. If real evidence shows the officer(s) to be nothing more than killers in this scenario, they should get the death penalty. And anyone complicit in falsifying or being complicit in the cover up should face the full weight of applicable Justice--without mercy.

The fact that Nico didn’t change his racing line is the craziest part about this whole thing.

The “we’d rather respect the flag” is possibly the laziest intellectual argument in this whole thing. It’s the goddamned straw man of all straw men. What does he have to say about this pair of brave souls that gave us on of the most powerful images ever? Should these black men have just found a “more appropriate…

That top notch “knowing the room” by Harlan. He iknew nobody was listening any longer and if they were, they deserved some semblance of entertainment.

Best defense in the league?

“There’s a time and place but this isn’t either”

It’s beyond me that the players and NFLPA don’t realize how much leverage they have and how seemingly unwilling to use it to their advantage. They should sit out until all the contracts are guaranteed and they get better insurance and injury protection.

You know what would make the game safer? Less fucking armor. Nobody would make that type of “tackle” without body armor that gives them a (false) feeling of safety...

They do. It takes a platform to send a message. Brave poor people have been screaming into the void about all of this. Nobody cares. Nobody cares until someone important starts screaming too. So yes, the poors appreciate it greatly.

I’d love to see both teams do this in unison. Hell, all the teams. And let all the cowards that want to do anything to distract from the message show themselves. Black people being exploited and abused is such an uncomfortable truth and that it’s right in your face with the NFL is incredible. It’s inescapable now. I…

HamNo on Deadspin now huh? I can dig it. Not as much as Kovalev will be digging body shots into Ward but I can dig it.

Have we definitively concluded that every sport is better listening to the Spanish broadcast? Because if we haven’t, I’m saying it is.

If Kaepernick ever found out which “anonymous” GMs called him a “traitor”, “fuck that guy”, etc. could he and should he sue them and or the league for defamation?

Is there a rivalry, friendly or otherwise, between Deadspin and the other ex-Gawker blogs?