Isaiah Crowell
In one of the more extreme displays of animosity against police officers on this list. The Cleveland Browns RB made headlines for posting an image to Instagram of a white police officer’s throat gushing with blood as a black clad killer donning the Egyptian pennant of Ankh stands behind him covering his mouth as he slices away. Of course, the pennant around the killer’s neck has been hijacked by black supremacist groups over the years.
The picture Crowell chose to share mimics the infamous ISIS still of “Jihadi John” beheading of James Foley back in 2014. The caption he chose to type said this:
“Mood: They give polices all types of weapons and they choose to kill us… #Weak”
Not surprisingly, the IG post caused quite a controversy for the Browns organization, who had no choice but to condemn it. In the fallout, Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Stephen Loomis threatened to pull police from providing security at Browns home games if Crowell didn’t “make it right.” I’d have gone a step further and demanded they let him go from the team if they wanted to retain the services of Cleveland PD instead.
So where do we stand today with this mess? The double standard is striking. While the NFL downplayed the incident and accepted Crowell’s apology for an “inappropriate and insensitive” social media post, I wonder if they sent him to sensitivity training like they did Riley Cooper for drunkenly barking out a racial slur in 2014? Cooper was released the following season – and Crowell? Well, 2017 is set to be a contract year, and it seems the industry is rallying around him to have a breakout performance.
