Cops Taunt Redskins Fans Via Twitter About Arrests
From the archive: published Dec 8, 2012, 13 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Landover, MD – Cops taunt Redskins fans via Twitter about arrests made during a ‘Skins NFL football game. According to USA Today , while the Washington Redskins were dueling their way to a 17-16 win against the New York Giants during the last Monday night football match , the Prince Georges County Police Department decided have some fun of their own with drunk Redskins fans .
The Prince Georges County Police Department (PGPD) is responsible for overseeing FedExField football stadium in Landover. Cops decided to have a “Tweet Along” on Monday night, which featured live tweeting of arrests and even providing a few pictures for their 4,000 plus Twitter followers .
The tweets started off routinely, listing the statistics of the football game :
“Just 2 arrests so far at the #Redskins game and two ejections. Drunk & disorderly. #PGPDTweetAlong”
One drunk Redskins fan got a little too out of line and he was ejected from the game:
“An arrested fan is about to spend his time at #FedExField in a cell. #PGPDTweetAlong #NoRedskinsForYou”
Then the cops decided to add insult to injury by posting pictures of the arrested fan, sending him off with a “Night Night”.
The cops even tweeted about the interesting apparel that Redskins fans were bringing to the game:
“The mask belongs to a #Giants fan arrested @ #FedExField Current totals: 4 arrests, 21 ejections #PGPDTweetAlong”
What do you think about the cops at the Prince Georges County Police Department using technology like Twitter to communicate with the football game-going public? Should their reports be strictly informational or do you think it’s just part of the fun of the game for cops to taunt drunk Redskins fans?
Night night. #PGPDTweetAlong on the lower suite level. #Redskins pic.twitter.com/rIXh4yM2
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) December 4, 2012