Brian4Liberty
09-23-2016, 07:37 PM
Seattle Mariners' Steve Clevenger suspended over Charlotte protest tweets (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-mariners-steve-clevenger-suspended-charlotte-protest-tweets/)
Sep 23, 2016
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners suspended reserve catcher Steve Clevenger for the rest of the season without pay Friday in the wake of his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
“As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team,” General manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement.
Dipoto said Clevenger was informed of the suspension on Friday. Clevenger will lose 10 days’ pay from his $516,500 salary in the major leagues, which comes to $28,224.
The Major League Baseball Players Association, which could challenge the discipline, had no comment.
Clevenger’s Twitter account was changed to private Thursday night. Screen shots of the tweets showed Clevenger made disparaging comments about protesters and President Obama, saying “everyone involved should be locked behind bars like animals!”
Clevenger released a statement to Fox Sports late Thursday night apologizing for “the distraction my tweets on my personal twitter page caused when they went public earlier today.
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More: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-mariners-steve-clevenger-suspended-charlotte-protest-tweets/
We can probably assume he was doing this on his own time. Maybe he should have stood on his head during the national anthem and said it was a protest of the bizarro world under Obama.
Sep 23, 2016
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners suspended reserve catcher Steve Clevenger for the rest of the season without pay Friday in the wake of his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
“As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team,” General manager Jerry Dipoto said in a statement.
Dipoto said Clevenger was informed of the suspension on Friday. Clevenger will lose 10 days’ pay from his $516,500 salary in the major leagues, which comes to $28,224.
The Major League Baseball Players Association, which could challenge the discipline, had no comment.
Clevenger’s Twitter account was changed to private Thursday night. Screen shots of the tweets showed Clevenger made disparaging comments about protesters and President Obama, saying “everyone involved should be locked behind bars like animals!”
Clevenger released a statement to Fox Sports late Thursday night apologizing for “the distraction my tweets on my personal twitter page caused when they went public earlier today.
...
More: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-mariners-steve-clevenger-suspended-charlotte-protest-tweets/
We can probably assume he was doing this on his own time. Maybe he should have stood on his head during the national anthem and said it was a protest of the bizarro world under Obama.