Quentin Tarantino

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Since his hateful comment of publicly calling cops “murders”, Quentin Tarantino has stooped to a new low doubling down, refusing to apologize and crying pathetically that is a victim.

Boycott announcements came five largest local police department all across the United States - New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Houston. Also joining the boycott are National Association of Police Officers and the National Border Patrol. Facing a boycott of his upcoming movie in the wake of his recent public remarks, Tarantino appeared exclusively on MSNBC ‘All In’ with Chris Hayes a week and a half later insisting he is being misunderstood and was only speaking about specific cases.

Flying in his private jet from Los Angeles for an anti-brutality
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To this day he refuse to apologize and said he had First Amendment rights to speak his demented mind. “I was under the impression that I was an American, and that I had First Amendment rights, and there was no problem with me going to an anti-police brutality protest and speaking my mind,” Tarantino said in MSNBC. At least he knows a portion of the First Amendment and in that manner he is correct. He is protected to say whatever he would like to say, however, it doesn’t protect you from the consequences of your statement. Officers are battling back in the way that will affect him the most by being respectful and letting Tarantino know they won’t give you their money to see your film. That too is how the First Amendment works. It’s a two-way …show more content…
“I actually have a whole lot of police officers who are big fans of my work, and they’re not going to take Patrick Lynch’s word on what I said,” Tarantino said. “They’re going to read what I said, they’ll watch this show, they’ll hear what I have to say, and I think they’ll make up their own mind.” The Guardian wrote an article a day after calls for the boycott from PBA union leader Pat Lynch, of 8 random NYPD officer patrolling they interviewed whether or not they will listen to their union and boycott.

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