It looks like law enforcement officials on both coasts aren't too fond of Quentin Tarantino. The Los Angeles Police Department has just followed the lead of its counterpart in New York and has called for a boycott of the two-time academy award winner's films following his remarks at a public demonstration against police brutality.
During the rally, which took place in New York last Saturday, Tarantino told those in attendance, "I'm a human being with a conscience, if you believe there's murder going on then you need to rise up and stand up against it. I'm here to say I'm on the side of the murdered."
His words prompted wide spread criticism from members of the NYPD. New York Police Union president Patrick Lynch fired back at the director saying, "It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too."
''The police officers that Quentin Tarantino calls 'murderers' aren't living in one of his depraved big screen fantasies - they're risking and sometimes sacrificing their lives to protect communities from real crime and mayhem," He continued. "New Yorkers need to send a message to this purveyor of degeneracy that he has no business coming to our city to peddle his slanderous 'Cop Fiction.' It's time for a boycott of Quentin Tarantino's films."
Los Angeles Police Protective League president Craig Lally followed suit, writing in his statement, "We fully support constructive dialogue about how police interact with citizens. But there is no place for inflammatory rhetoric that makes police officers even bigger targets than we already are. Film director Quentin Tarantino took irresponsibility to a new and completely unacceptable level this past weekend by referring to police as murderers during an anti-police march in New York."
Tarantino's next film, The Hateful Eight, opens on Christmas Day.
