From the game tonight..lol pic.twitter.com/WX8RCg2gFQ
— Kathi Burch (@PossumAndPintos) October 7, 2014
Yep. That happened.
At last night’s Cardinals-Dodgers game at Busch Stadium, Cardinal fans let Ferguson protestors who gathered in support of Michael Brown know what they really thought of the slain teen and their efforts for justice.
Fans, some donning signs on their jerseys that said “I Am Darren Wilson,” yelled at protestors chanting “This is what democracy looks like,” with counters like “Africa! Africa!,” and “Let’s go Darren,” a reference to the white Ferguson officer who fatally shot the unarmed black teenager.
At one point, a fan yells that they are “the ones who gave all y’all the freedoms that you have.” Another tells the protestors to get a job. And yet another tells the protestors to “pull up your pants.”
And yes, the entire racist exchange was caught on tape.
You can watch the disturbing video, obtained from Argus Streaming News (via Deadspin), below:
And here’s an easy navigation list of all the racist shit heard on the tape, compiled by Deadspin:
- We start off with a bang. At about the 22-second mark, an old white Cardinals fan begins telling the protesters—all of whom appear to be black—that they need to get jobs. He looks right in the camera, proudly, and says, “That’s right! If they’d be working, we wouldn’t have this problem!”
- At the 2:40 mark, they start saying much worse things. The “Let’s go Cardinals!” chant has turned into a “Let’s go Darren!” chant. Cool.
- At 8:10 one of the Cardinals fans calls one of the protesters a “crack head” and tells him he needs to go see a dentist.
- At about 10:25 a small blonde lady starts yelling at the protesters: “We’re the ones who gave all y’all the freedoms that you have!”
- At 14:54, the Cardinals fans start in on a very loud “USA! USA! USA!” chant.
- At 16:07, another Cardinals fan begins yelling at the protesters, telling them that they need to get jobs.
- At 16:43, a female Cardinals fan begins chanting “Africa! Africa! Africa!” at the protesters.
- At 17:10 a Cardinals fans tells the protesters that they need to remove their hats and pull up their pants.
The Cardinals apparently knew about the protest before Monday night’s game. In response, team officials spoke with law enforcement officers to bolster security. There were no arrests made as a result of the clash between Darren Wilson supporters and Brown supporters.
SOURCE: Think Progress, Deadspin | PHOTO CREDIT: Twitter
