As Twitchy reported earlier, union supporters of the six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray set up their own “Blue Lives Matter” fundraising site after GoFundMe pulled down their page after just 40 minutes. Now, simply adapting the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag a few months back was enough to inspire a call to “F*** every single bit of this #BlueLivesMatter hashtag,” so it’s no surprise that “The Baltimore 6” isn’t catching on with a portion of the public.
@deray @FOP3 "The Baltimore 6 Assassins" is more like it.
— lionhart32 (@lionhart32) May 7, 2015
@deray @FOP3 Seems they left out a word…. "Baltimore 6 shooters" is more like it.
— My name is… Max (@ArtSpeaksLoud) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/laughtersfury/status/596406036535336960
@deray That could backfire into a nice chant: "Convict the Baltimore 6!" I like the ring of that. @FOP3
— Will, P.E. (@wjfarr) May 7, 2015
@deray @FOP3 "The Murdering 6"
— Jeremiah Wright Was Correct (@SaltPotatoes) May 7, 2015
@deray @FOP3 IDK, I think it makes them sound like the gang of outlaws they are.
— Leah Petersen (@LeahPetersen) May 7, 2015
@deray @FOP3 more like "The Baltimore Scumbags Nazi Pigs"
— Joe Telometto (@EASTBAYDFRESH) May 7, 2015
@deray IMO they're building a brand associated w/ wrongly tried/wrongly convicted. "West Memphis 3," "Central Park 5." Zero % relatable.
— Emily Wood (@ewood02) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/yp91000/status/596407440331120640
@deray @fop3 , they are DEAD, (inside)
— yokittyyo (@bydeaddude) May 7, 2015
@deray @YourAnonNews @FOP3 If 1 cop in 1000 is bad, but the other 999 stand up and protect them, knowing they're bad…THEN THEY'RE ALL BAD.
— ElectroPig™ ? (@ElectroPig) May 7, 2015
@deray @YourAnonNews @FOP3 Are you suprised? Police unions are just organized crime syndicates
— Massv (@Massvwatches) May 7, 2015
@deray @FOP3 they need to keep it simple – murderers. #BlackLivesMatter
— kambesyes (@kambesyes) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/ReallyRickPhD/status/596413050850246656
@deray @YourAnonNews @FOP3 I'm thinking the #FTP6
— jimi anderson (@OhNon_jimi) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/VeraciousThe6th/status/596415627339825152
@deray What the hell does that achieve outside of making @FOP3 look even more foolish/out of touch/like outright assholes?
— Adam Whisler (@WhislerA) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/helpstopbs/status/596414582295396354
In the meantime, Talib Kweli is attempting to have the police union’s PayPal link disabled on the same grounds that the GoFundMe page was taken down.
Hi @paypal @AskPayPal, this fundraiser https://t.co/sDpZpnBEzM … from the @FOP3 is in support of murder & manslaughter. PLS disable link
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) May 4, 2015
Is #BlueLivesMatter is off-limits, how about #HisLifeMatters?
WE LOVE IT!! Thank you! pic.twitter.com/kckKWG1yNv
— Baltimore City FOP (@FOP3) May 4, 2015
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