After Snoop Dogg released a track encouraging killing officers, a New York union asked the public not to attend the Super Bowl halftime performance. However, Instagram removed the message because it violated community guidelines against inciting violence.
In an Instagram post on February 11, the Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association called for the boycott.
“Encouraging people shoot police officers appears to earn you a spot at the Super Bowl,” reads the message that was later deleted. It has been posted on the union’s Facebook Page. Halftime, if you decide to watch the game (we won’t), is a great time to turn off your TV in memory of those brave men and women who gave their lives for our country.
Instagram removed the post by the union on Monday and replaced it with a message saying that the post promoted violence and incitement.
Lou Civello (2nd vice president) of the Suffolk County PBA stated that the Instagram post had received a lot support and garnered tens of thousand of likes. He wasn’t surprised at Instagram’s decision not to allow it to be removed.
Fox News Digital’s he said that he had seen the censorship of newspapers and elected officials, as well as the police.
Fox News Digital reached out via Instagram to comment on the post. A spokesperson stated that it was deleted in error and that it has been restored.
Civello stated that the union demanded the boycott after learning from J5 Slap and Snoop Dogg that the track “Police” was released by J5 Slap and J5 Slap. This came one day after Jason Rivera and Wilbert mora, both NYPD detectives, were killed in the line-of-duty. Both officers died.
Incendiary lyrics include: “Take your guns and shoot each other, and then start shooting these b—hass motherf—king police.” It’ll impress a motherf—king n—ga just like me.
The lyrics were written by a Snoop Dogg collaborator.
Civello stated that the union doesn’t want to ban any musician who releases a song with anti-police messages. He said, “That would be an all-time job.” “But when your actively calling for assassination police officers, someone must call you out.”
He said that Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, made “incredibly poor judgment” in selecting Snoop Dogg as the headliner for the halftime show.
Civello stated, “It’s been an extremely deadly year for police already.” “It was a terrible year for police,” Civello said. Civello was present at the funerals for Rivera and Mora who were responding to a domestic conflict.
He said, “It’s always been dangerous work but it’s even more dangerous now.”
Anthony Capetola, a Long Island lawyer, wrote a letter to Constellation Brands’ CEO in February shaming Constellation Brands for using Snoop Dogg as a way to promote its products including Modelo Especial and Pacifico vodkas.
Snoop Dogg also requested that the NFL commissioner remove him from the halftime show.
The NFL did not immediately respond to our request for comment.