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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Police backlash puts pressure on Tarantino's 'Hateful Eight'
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Kabukilover
You have met the enemy and it is not Tarantino. Go see the movie. It will be strike against police terror.
Stuart hayward
Isn't it the job of the police to protect all citizens, despite what words they might say. I'm sure it's illegal for a police officers to boycott someone simply because of what they've said.
Bartholomew Harte
He has No Shame & if he were to be attacked on the street & I witnessed it,Ii would break out in applause! Calling the Police murderers is painting a wide brush while inciting hate groups to do more violence Let him Man Up & get a life!
nath
Isn't that essentially just what you did?
Kobe White Bar Owner
Have to say i like his movies but as a human the guy is reservoir dogs.
Aly Rustom
So I guess you're not black, or you would not have said that.
Tarantino is right. There is a culture around killing black people in America today. How often do we hear about white people getting killed by a cop there? Black men, it seems, are getting killed everyday by the cops. Its like the PD have replaced the lynch mobs.
Somebody needs to call it for what it is
Wakarimasen
Tony Tarantino's contribution to the debate is telling.
nath
That doesn't mean that it's not happening (it is).
Aly Rustom
To the same extent as blacks getting killed? I don't think so.
nath
Neither you nor I said anything about it being to the same extent as black people getting killed. You're shifting the goalposts here.
Aly Rustom
Then what are you arguing about??
I said that there is a problem with US cops killing black people. Now my previous point is if there was a rash of killing white men society would not put up with that, but it does put up with the systematic killing of black men.
Again, what are you arguing about?
Wakarimasen
There may be incidents of black men being killed and it may be proportionally more than white men (although not sure that isn't reflective of something else), but is it really systemic??
Aly Rustom
I would say yes. And so would a lot of black people who get hararssed, pulled over, beaten, and had a family member killed.
nath
I'm not really arguing. I just pointed out that regarding this sentence:
it doesn't mean that white people aren't getting killed by the police.
Seamus78
His response
http://bit.ly/1QaTvFn
Mocheake
I am on the fence on this one. The police have an extremely difficult job, where one mistake could cost them their life or the lives of others. On the other hand, there are some who relish the chance to ''break some skulls." I had an incident once where I was speeding and got pulled over. The cop came over with his gun drawn and I thought I was a goner. There was no physical violence but having a gun drawn was totally unnecessary, I think. However, there is also no need to incite violence against ANY group of people.
TheGodfather
“I’m a human being with a conscience. And if you believe there’s murder going on, then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered”
Quentin Tarantino Oct 24 2015turbotsat
Nope. Only foreign-initiated boycotts are illegal in USA (and a few other exceptions):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott#United_States
nath
What? Where?
kcjapan
“We need to send a loud and clear message that such hateful rhetoric against police officers is unacceptable.”
Tarantino is irresponsible and irrational.
If Tarantino thinks diminishing thousands of dedicated Officers with his deep insights is a big deal he can save his breath.
Stick to the grindhouse Mr. Tarantino, that's your greatest voice. Just try not to say the stupidest thing that comes to mind.
Stuart hayward
Turbotsat Thanks for the links, you are correct in your comment. I mis-read that this boycott was only spesifically for special police assignments.
Though It is the job of police to serve and protect all citizens in the US, right? If Tarantino was being assaulted in front of an on duty police officer, that police officer is required to help. He can't claim he is working yet boycotting helping someone in need.
"I’m a human being with a conscience. And if you believe there’s murder going on, then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I’m here to say I’m on the side of the murdered.”
I don't know all the comments Tarantino said but I find nothing nothing wrong with this comment, nor should it be considered to incite hate groups.
To me, it's alarming that the police can boycott a single human simply because of what they've said. It's their job to even protect convicted murderes, let alone someone who says something they don't like. Fortunately, a boycott is voluntary and many good police have also decided to ignore this boycott.
turbotsat
It's not a boycott on protecting Tarantino. It's a boycott on attending his films.
nath
It's more than that:
turbotsat
OK, but it's still optional for the cops, that's their free time that they have an option to work during or not. If Tarantino is reduced to hiring non-police private security for his gigs, it's his problem.
They're not calling for police to ignore active crimes against Tarantino if police should see them, off-duty or on.
serendipitous
Sadly, Tarantino is exactly right. He is highly intelligent and influential too, hence the police are scared of him and decided that attack is the best form of defense. Let's hope the number of police in the USA who shoot innocent and often unarmed people goes down to zero.
Wolfpack
@Strangerland
‘Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon’
And please no excuses for these nut jobs. When you get to the point where people are called racist for saying that all lives matter (ie. we all have the same worth) then you know the people like Tarantino that support the Black Lives Matter movement have gone off the rails.
nath
Is that supposed to be some kind of response to the question?
I watched an interview with Tarantino the other day, and he didn't say anything even remotely close to that. On top of that, he was clear that he wasn't calling all cops murderers, only that when the cops do murder someone, he calls it murder.
Of course, recognizing that fact would mean accepting facts, and I know that facts don't easily penetrate the bubble.