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It was just 11 days ago that the federal government, including the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, announced their findings in the case of Althea Bernstein, the Wisconsin woman who claimed she was attacked with lighter fluid and set on fire.
The DOJ said unequivocally that it could not find evidence of an attack and closed the case.
But a lack of evidence of a crime didn’t stop the NFL from honoring one of the league’s social justice heroes on its Instagram page on Thursday. At the start of the year, the NFL listed her name as one that players could put on the back of their helmet, even though the DOJ had already issued its announcement. “Say her name,” the Instagram account proclaimed.
Uh, why?
“After a thorough investigation into the events of June 24, 2020, including extensive interviews, exhaustive review of traffic and surveillance video, and expert review of digital and forensic evidence, federal investigators determined that there is insufficient evidence to prove that a violation of any federal criminal statute occurred,” the DOJ said in its report. “Further, after reviewing all available evidence, authorities could not establish that the attack, as alleged by the complainant, had occurred. Accordingly, the federal investigation into this incident has been closed based on the lack of evidence.”
The full statement from the Department of Justice can be found here.
Bernstein’s team didn’t push back when the DOJ announced its decision. In fact, they said they were done talking about the case:
“Althea Bernstein and her family appreciate the detailed investigative efforts by all involved in this case. Althea’s injuries are healing and the support of our community has been invaluable in that regard. We continue to maintain our family privacy and will not be granting interviews at this time.”
Somehow this news didn’t make it to the NFL’s Instagram team. Like they care anyway. Their minds were already made up.
Sometimes all you can do is shake your head.
So so fake. Typical.
Another misinformed league , shocking !
Hope this broad understands karma can be a bitch
Just like The Great Orenthal Lie. And The Great Michael Brown Lie. And The Great George Floyd Lie….
Heaven forbid the NFL put a real fucking hero on there like a fallen police officer killed in the line of duty protecting citizens, or a retired police officer who was killed protecting a private business…..nope, we will put up a fraudulent person to support…..smh
NFL is doing it’s best to piss me off weekly it feels like at times.
They seemed to be doing a decent job so far not embracing this garbage too much but this is a change of that approach for sure.
They had been doing a great job dropping the woke stuff. Then this pops up.
Fake crime, fake “hero”, fake award. Bad look for the NFL.
This is the pattern we see from left, suppress the truth. And Amazon blocked Shelby Steele’s movie “What Killed Michael Brown”. The lefts answer is to supress the truth that destroys the lie in their victim narrative. They don’t want to review facts or an alternative opinion. Thank you Outkick for fearless journalism.
Smolletts sister.
What a scumbag to manufacture a hate crime. I have a feeling if I did the same thing the Fed’s would have plans for me after concluding their investigation.
We need the Outkick Network! These frauds need to be exposed en masse.
MAKE AMERICA GREATER AGAIN!!! TRUMP 2020
That fact allergy is still going around the NFL right now.
That photo of this woman with a quote from her feels like a memorial photo. Creepy.