UPDATED: NJ Troopers ‘Remind’ Beyonce and NFL What the Black Panthers Have Done to Their Officers

UPDATE: TheBlaze anchor responds to death threats after criticizing Beyonce

"'Just like President Obama, Jada Pinkett Smith, Al Sharpton and so many others that just can't let America heal, [people like Beyonce] keep ripping off the historical bandaid. Why be a cultural leader when you can play the victim, right?" she said Tuesday evening.   "The Internet was not impressed, and many social media users responded by lashing out at Lahren with mockery and some reportedly threatened her with violence."

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"Police groups around the country have taken serious issue with Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show, in which she invoked both the #BlackLivesMatter and Black Panthers movements.

"But a group of New Jersey State Troopers have a very historical reason for their “shock and disgust” over the performance.

One of their own fell at the hands of the Black Panthers—and they haven’t forgotten.

In 1979, Trooper Werner Foerster was shot and killed with his own service weapon after backing up a fellow officer.

Now, State Troopers Fraternal Association President Christopher Burgos has penned a letter to the NFL regarding the “blatant anti-police message,” and the apparent trampling of the memory of a slain officer:

Just as the NFL sometimes wears pink, perhaps they should be made to wear blue one month for a small penance. TD