cities (denying him permits, refusing to redirect traffic, etc.). basically, there are no words to describe the contempt I have for him and his comments.” A number of commentators on Fox News, including the notoriously racist ex-cop Mark Fuhrman *, have gone so far as to say that police should make it impossible for Tarantino to film in U.S. It's time for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films.” The nationally prominent police commissioner of New York City, Bill Bratton, said, “Shame on him. The following day, Patrick Lynch, head of the NY police union (PBA), issued a statement: “New Yorkers need to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city. On Saturday, October 24, the prominent filmmaker Quentin Tarantino stood before a protest of thousands as part of Rise Up October to Stop Police Terror/Which Side Are You On? and stated: “I am a human being with a conscience and when I see murder, I cannot stand by and I have to call the murdered, the murdered and the murderers, the murderers.”įor this, he has faced an intensifying and vicious attack with high stakes and big implications for all of society. Jackson, is scheduled for release in late December.Eve Ensler, Carl Dix, Cornel West and Quentin Tarantino in march on October 24 with families of people murdered by police. Tarantino also is the director of movies including "Kill Bill" and "Reservoir Dogs." ''The Hateful Eight," starring Kurt Russell and Samuel L. said Tarantino "should be allowed to speak for himself." "It's much easier to feign outrage and start arguments with celebrities than it is to deal with the fact that the citizenry has lost trust in (police)," he said.Īs for whether the threats of boycott are rattling the distributor of "The Hateful Eight," the Weinstein Co., Tarantino said it's probably "a pain in the butt" for the company but concluded, "They stand behind me." Ted Poe, a Republican, called Tarantino's comments "idiotic" and said they "encourage mischief and crimes against peace officers." He said on Wednesday that he "was under the impression I was an American and I had first Amendment rights."Įarlier Wednesday, Texas Rep. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered." "And if you believe there's murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. "I'm a human being with a conscience," Tarantino said at the Oct. Tarantino, who won Oscars for writing "Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained," said he was "surprised" by the angry reactions to what he said at the rally, which was organized by a group called RiseUpOctober. And New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch called Tarantino a "cop-hater." The association urged its members not to work security for any of Tarantino's films. Tarantino, who also responded in an interview Tuesday with The Los Angeles Times, has been condemned by New York police Commissioner William Bratton and numerous police groups, including the National Association of Police Organizations. "Anybody who acknowledges that there's a problem in law enforcement in this country right now is considered by law enforcement part of the problem - whether that be me, whether that be (New York Mayor) Bill de Blasio, whether that be President Barack Obama," he said. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker appeared on MSNBC's "All in With Chris Hayes" on Wednesday to continue to defend himself from a backlash by police groups that have called for a boycott of his upcoming movie, "The Hateful Eight." The police groups were angered by comments he made at an anti-police brutality rally in New York, where he said he was on the side of the "murdered." NEW YORK - Quentin Tarantino says police groups are vilifying critics of police brutality to avoid focusing on their problems with enforcement.
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