Bengals Lewis suggests his players are being targeted by police!

[gibbsisgod]

If this is the attitude of their head coach than its no wonder his players are getting in trouble every time they turn around. No responsibility for their own actions. Its always somebody elses fault.

Bengals coach apologizes for police comments - NFL - MSNBC.com

I know he appologized for it but all that is is damage control. Kinda like the Portis situation.

[dmek25]

does anyone now a days take responsibility for their own actions? thank god we didnt make lewis our head coach. i cant believe he said that

[gibbsisgod]

Good morning sir.

[skinsfan_nn]

It's always easier to point the finger than just take ownership for your wrong doings...? What a MORON

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I'm so sick of the po-po targeting the people who break the law. Why can't they just go back to arresting innocent people?!?!

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I'm so sick of the po-po targeting the people who break the law. Why can't they just go back to arresting innocent people?!?!

May I have expressed written consent to use that as my next sig?

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Of course you can, and thank you for adhering to the rule. We all must respect the rule.

[skinsfan_nn]

POSTED 9:31 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 10:40 p.m. EDT, May 24, 2007

MARVIN APOLOGIZES FOR "PROFILING" REMARKS

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has apologized (via a statement released by the team) for comments from Wednesday suggesting that police in the Cincinnati area are profiling Bengals players.

"Yesterday, I gave a radio interview and made some comments that did not illustrate the high regard I have for the Cincinnati Police Department," Lewis said. "I apologize that what I said did not reflect my true feelings."

Our guess? Marvin realized that accusing the cops of profiling Bengals players was the most effective way to ensure that they will.

Marvin also realized, we believe, that he was stoking racial tensions in a city that has a history of fragile relations in this regard. Of course, he's now trying to say that he wasn't.

"At no point did I say or mean to imply that these issues had anything to do with race," Lewis said. "Broadcast comments to the contrary are simply not true. When I spoke of our players being perhaps more subject to scrutiny than others, I was referring to their standing as public figures."

Bull, we say. The word "profiling" implies that decision are made based on superficial characteristics. In a city that is far bigger than the "small place" that Lewis makes it out to be, players from the local professional football team can be "profiled" only if (as a reader pointed out this afternoon) they are wearing their helmets (or, in the case of Chris Henry, their jerseys) while driving around town.

Besides, "profiling" is one of those code words that imply racially-based motives, regardless of whether the word "racial" is plopped down in front of it.

So if Lewis is now falling all over himself to say that he didn't mean what he said, why did he say it? Does he say other things that he doesn't mean? Isn't the ability to control of the connection between his brain and his tongue part of the gig?

We think that Lewis meant what he said, and that we wouldn't have heard a peep about it if someone in the organization hadn't been reminded that a team that plays for free in a stadium fully funded by the public should not be criticizing the public servants who get paid far less to put their lives and limbs in jeopardy every day.

The end result? We think that Marvin is now officially on the hot seat, and he could be the former coach of the Bengals by January of 2008.

[wushawn]

targeted or not, they are still breaking the law right? that little prick is just pist cause he cant keep control of his damn team...cry me a rive BUNGELS!!!!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not defending Marvin at all, but what kind of asshole cop goes around pulling people over for not using their blinkers? Sure, it pisses me off greatly when people don't, but MAN what a douchebag.

Way to have a lot to do that day cop.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not defending Marvin at all, but what kind of asshole cop goes around pulling people over for not using their blinkers? Sure, it pisses me off greatly when people don't, but MAN what a douchebag.

Way to have a lot to do that day cop.

Perhaps he was suspicious of the vehicle in the first place and that was just the excuse he needed. IMO it doesn't matter because the cop was doing his job. The guy was driving on a suspended license. He shouldn't have been driving in the first place and I say "nice work" to the officer for doing his job.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Ah, well that makes more sense. All I heard was, "He pulled our player over for not using a signal light."

I didn't know the rest of it because I was half-asleep this AM when I heard it. If that's the case, then good.

I just thought the cop was arbitrarily pulling people over for not using turn signals.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Ah, well that makes more sense. All I heard was, "He pulled our player over for not using a signal light."

I didn't know the rest of it because I was half-asleep this AM when I heard it. If that's the case, then good.

I just thought the cop was arbitrarily pulling people over for not using turn signals.

Obviously he didn;t know the driver had his license suspended until after he pulled him over. If all of his paperwork (i.e. License, insurance, registation) was in order he probably would have just gotten a warning. My point is we shouldn't be crticizing the cop for pulling him over just for a blinker. The driver broke the law and got busted for it.

[gibbsisgod]

With all this cop-talk, where the hell is mheisig? It may be time to attack his site again.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Of course you can, and thank you for adhering to the rule. We all must respect the rule.

otherwise we would get targeted by the police