Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Allegedly Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of ‘Systemic Racism’

A black Indianapolis police officer is suing the National Football League over videos and tweets he says imply he shot and killed a suspect because of “systemic racism.”

“Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer filed the lawsuit in the federal Southern District of Indiana Court” Monday, Fox News reported, “over video and tweets the league published last year” as part of the “Say Their Stories” campaign “claiming that a Black man he shot and killed died because of ‘systemic racism.'”