DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Tailgate Forum Browns RB Isaiah Crowell shares, deletes image of cop's throat being slit

I wonder what the public reaction would be if a white player---let's say Paul Kruger--posted a pic of a guy in all all white robe and hood slashing the throat of some black guy who looked like a gang banger?

Think he would still be on the team? Would people defend him?

In regards to public outcry, such as social media, mainstream media, people protesting, etc...........they are.

That's a pretty good trade for the whites.

The since-deleted Instagram post showing a police officer’s throat being slashed made by Browns running back Isaiah Crowell was the first topic of conversation at the team’s pre-camp press conference on Thursday.

The public message from Browns coach Hue Jackson and executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown was that Crowell is taking necessary steps to make up for his mistake.

“It starts with grave disappointment in the action in the first place,” Brown said. “But to his credit, [after it happened] he called both Hue and I on his own to be accountable. Obviously, it was a huge mistake but he has taken steps at least at the outset that he should.”

Crowell quickly issued a formal apology, and the Browns released a statement that said “just an apology” would not be enough. Crowell later attended the funeral of one of the police officers killed in Dallas earlier this month and pledged his first game check to the Dallas fallen officers’ fund.

Jackson said he understands Crowell may deal with more backlash from fans as camp opens — “rightfully so,” Jackson said — but said Crowell will continue to work “at making it right” and showing remorse.

“I truly believe this is not who Isaiah Crowell is,” Jackson said.

Isaiah Crowell donates paycheck to Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation
Ben Rohrbach,Shutdown Corner 15 hours ago


As promised, Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell donated his first game paycheck to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation as penance for posting a “disturbing and unacceptable” drawing on Instagram of a hooded man slashing a handcuffed and kneeling police officer’s throat in July.

“I said I was going to do it and I wanted to follow through,” Crowell reluctantly told Cleveland.com upon being pressed about the $35,300 donation he issued to the foundation.
Crowell quickly deleted the Instagram photo, which can be found here (requisite graphic warning), shortly after posting it on July 6 to protest police shootings of black men Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minn. The following day, five Dallas police officers were killed by a rogue gunman at the end of a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in the city.

“We have spoken to Isaiah regarding his extremely disturbing and unacceptable social media decision,” the Browns said in a statement at the time. “It was completely inappropriate and we have made him aware of our high level of disappointment. Isaiah has apologized but also knows that just an apology is insufficient and that he must take steps to make a positive difference after a very negative and impactful post.”
Showing remorse for his action, Crowell pledged to donate a paycheck to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation and soon accepted an invitation from the organization’s president, Dallas Police Department Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, to attend the funeral of slain DPD officer Patrick Zamarripa.

“In response to the public backlash, Mr. Crowell pledged to make a donation to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation, of which I am the president of,” Pennie wrote on Facebook in July. “In an effort to show the progressiveness and professionalism of the Dallas Police Department, its officers, and its affiliated police support organizations, I reached out to Mr. Crowell and expressed a disinterest in his money. Rather, I told him that I did want an opportunity to educate him about the policing profession and the meaning of police service and sacrifice.”
Browns running back Isaiah Crowell made a sizable donation to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation. (Getty Images)
Browns running back Isaiah Crowell made a sizable donation to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation. (Getty Images)
Three months later, Pennie also accepted Crowell’s $35,300 check — one-seventeenth of the NFL’s second-leading rusher’s $600,000 base salary — made out to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.

“I said, ‘Isaiah, why did you send me a check? I told you you didn’t have to send me a check,”’ Pennie told Cleveland.com on Wednesday. “He said, ‘Sarge, I want to do it. I really want to do it.’ I said, ‘okay, alright, you will now be an executive level sponsor. So now, you are a celebrity sponsor of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.’… “Isaiah is like my little brother,” added Pennie. “He’s a long-term sponsor, not necessarily in terms of money, but he’s going to be involved with my foundation, and how I engage him with my widows, and my fallen officer families. That’s where this is going.”
Notably absent from the sergeant’s comments, which partially claimed credit for Crowell’s success this season in addition to detailing his advice to the running back about not protesting the National Anthem, was a discussion of the separate police brutality issue that sparked Crowell’s outrage.

Pennie, who is black, filed a lawsuit this month against Black Lives Matter, the National of Islam, President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and other high-profile figures for inciting the violence that led to the death of police officers and other law enforcement.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/isaiah...-213944703.html

Yeah. The kid screwed up but he is handling the adversity admirably.

I am very impressed w/Crow and wish him all the best.

quote above by 'tool:

"The kid screwed up but he is handling the adversity admirably."

He brought "the adversity" on himself. He should handle it "admirably".

J/C...

Had the Browns released him two seconds after he posted what he did, it would have been one second too late IMO.

It disgusts me seeing him in a Browns uniform every Sunday.

He made a poor decision. We ALL do. However, what separates people is what they do as they move forward. Do they blame others and make excuses, or do they work hard to make amends?

Crow has rectified a poor decision by making a series of classy moves. I applaud the guy!