Isaiah Crowell Makes it up to the Police

Of course, we all know about the two black men shot and killed by policemen in Minnesota and Louisiana respectively and the shootings of five police officers in Dallas. Yet amid all that, Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell posted a disturbing photo of an officer being stabbed in the neck by someone in a black jacket and hood, with his face covered.

Crowell took the post down after a few minutes and issued an apology Monday through the Browns. However, the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association wasn’t moved by the apology. They even went as far as threatening to refuse to work at the team’s home games.

The Browns weren’t to impressed either, wanting something in actions instead of words. So Crowell took action, vowing to donate one game check to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation. The police union has accepted Crowell’s second apology and the Browns are also happy.

CPPA president Stephen Loomis told TMZ, “People are allowed to make mistakes in life. Our problem was that first apology. It wasn’t sincere. But Isaiah stepped up to the plate to make a personal apology, and we definitely appreciate his donation to the Fallen Officers Foundation.”

Was Crowell’s sincerity judged more favorably because of the money he donated?

Either way, that’s good news for the Browns organization as they will need the police. We don’t know if a boycott would have worked, since individual officers may have decided not to turn down the assignment of working Browns games.

But that’s all moot now that Crowell put some money into his apology.