A man dressed in a gorilla suit ran onto the field during Sunday’s Lions v. Bears game at Soldier Field. The fan ran around the field for quite some time, roughly 45 yards before he slid and was tackled by security near the 40-yard line. The fan was escorted from the field and arrested. In addition to the gorilla suit, the person was also wearing a T-Shirt that read “All Lives Matter” on the front and “Put The Guns Down” on the back. Since he was wearing a gorilla suit with “All Lives Matter,” a rebuttal to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, some people thought there was a racist element and a counter attack to Colin Kaepernick’s protest against racism and police brutality against black people. It turns out, however, that the man is black.
Tennessee man Angelo Graham, 31, was arrested and is facing a felony: one count of criminal trespass to a place of amusement.
It seemed many people were delighted to find out the man is black, as right-wingers were able to gleefully dismiss legitimate concerns about racist displays at sporting events.
Photos in the gallery above.
A guy dressed as a gorilla wearing an “all lives matter” shirt just ran onto the field at the Bears game pic.twitter.com/QJLfuS1b1U
— Nik Gaur (@Gaur_Nik) October 2, 2016
source: Chicagoist
