The social media team for the Los Angeles Chargers was reviled by many for apparently editing a video to make it appear as if an opponent team’s player had yelled a racial epithet on the field.
The video was posted to the X platform but deleted after Cooper Beebe of the Dallas Cowboys criticized the post and denied the suggestion that he had used a racist slur.
Beebe’s words were bleeped out, which he said gave the false impression that he had said something racist.
“Imagine bleeping out what I said to make me seem racist. You guys are POS,” Beebe posted in response.
Beebe explained that he was calling out a play on the field but was accused of using an expletive. The exchange led to a penalty on the team and more trash-talking.
“He was talking s**t to me,” said Chargers player Daiyan Henley in the video. “He called me a bad word. I don’t know what he said — he said something, he pointed at me, [and] he called me a bad word. That’s called karma. Instant karma.”
Beebe’s words were bleeped out, which he said gave the false impression that he had said something racist. He later deleted his message from social media.
The Chargers’ social media team was castigated by many for the post.
“So we just move on pretending like the [C]hargers twitter account didn’t delete a tweet accusing [C]ooper [B]eebe of being racist?” read one very popular response.
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“Cooper Beebe is literally one of the nicest people in the league. @chargers Stop being mad cuz you have like 5 total fans and a stadium nobody likes,” read another response.
The Chargers went on to beat Dallas by a score of 34 to 17 in the game depicted in the video.
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