{"id":564302,"date":"2021-06-15T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564302"},"modified":"2021-06-15T11:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T15:06:50","slug":"police-officer-suing-nfl-over-video-tweets-claiming-he-shot-black-suspect-because-of-systemic-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-suing-nfl-over-video-tweets-claiming-he-shot-black-suspect-because-of-systemic-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-suing-nfl-over-video-tweets-claiming-he-shot-black-suspect-because-of-systemic-racism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1181038780.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A black Indianapolis police officer is suing the National Football League over videos and tweets he says imply he shot and killed a suspect because of \u201csystemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De\u2019Joure Mercer filed the lawsuit in the federal Southern District of Indiana Court\u201d Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nfl-lawsuit-police-officer-alleged-implication-criminally-killed-campaign-honoree\">Fox News reported<\/a>, \u201cover video and tweets the league published last year\u201d as part of the \u201cSay Their Stories\u201d campaign \u201cclaiming that a Black man he shot and killed died because of \u2018systemic racism.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit centers around the NFL\u2019s decision to honor Dreasjon Reed \u2014 \u201cone of the many individuals being honored by players and coaches this season through the NFL\u2019s helmet decal program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Indianapolis police officers who spoke with the Indianapolis Star, officers observed Reed driving erratically and initiated a vehicular pursuit. A sergeant for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department eventually called off the chase because of \u201chow fast Reed was driving\u201d but Mercer later \u201csaw Reed driving eastbound on 62nd Street before parking at a business. Both the officer and Reed left their cars, and a foot pursuit began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice said there was a confrontation between the two\u2026that involved an exchange of gunfire, and the officer called in the shooting at 6:16 p.m,\u201d according to the Indianapolis Star. \u201cPolice said the officer used his service weapon after\u00a0a Taser deployment was \u2018ineffective.\u2019 Fifteen casings were recovered at the scene. Police said they believe a weapon found at the scene belonged to Reed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reed\u2019s death sparked a series of protests in Indianapolis, and the NFL featured Reed as one of 87 \u201cvictims of systemic racism, victims of police misconduct, and social justice heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer, however, says that \u201cmaterials the league published imply that Mercer \u2018committed occupational misconduct and even criminal acts during the May 6 (e)ncounter with Reed, similar to that which were inflicted upon George Floyd,&#8217;\u201d per Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDe\u2019Joure Mercer is a hero. He tracked down a very dangerous criminal wanted by the police, who was a threat to the citizens of Indianapolis,\u201d Mercer\u2019s attorney, Guy A. Relford said in a statement to media about the suit. \u201cHe put his life on the line and was nearly killed in that effort. He was completely exonerated after an exhaustive investigation into the death of Mr. Reed. For NFL Enterprises then to suggest he was involved in police or racist misconduct is totally false, defamatory, and unacceptable. What happened here has nothing to do with racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we support NFL Enterprises\u2019 efforts to address social justice issues, Officer Mercer is taking a stand for the many, many good cops on duty across America. He is standing up for his friends and colleagues and sending a message that before you accuse a decorated police officer of misconduct in a national campaign, you had better get your facts straight,\u201d Relford noted.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL launched the \u201cSay Their Stories\u201d campaign ahead of the 2020-2021 season as part of its ramped-up social justice endeavors. The goal was, according to the league\u2019s announcement, \u201cto continue the theme of social justice, protest, and outreach that has resonated throughout the nation, and enact fundamental change by amplifying the names and stories of victims of police brutality to drive the narrative forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black Indianapolis police officer is suing the National Football League over videos and tweets he says imply he shot and killed a suspect because of \u201csystemic racism.\u201d\u201cIndianapolis Metro Police &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280315,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1181038780.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1181038780.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}