The United States largest police union has something planned for Quentin Tarantino.
Last month the filmmaker ruffled feathers in the law enforcement community when he took part in an anti-police brutality demonstration in New York where he referred to Police as 'murderers'. Since his involvement in the incident, numerous police agencies around the country have called for a boycott of the director's next film, The Hateful Eight.
The Fraternal Order of Police, which boasts a membership of 330,000, is the latest to join in the campaign against Tarantino. The organization's executive director Jim Pasco told the Hollywood Reporter has a 'surprise' in store for the two-time academy award winner.
"Something is in the works, but the element of surprise is the most important element. Something could happen anytime between now and [the premiere]." Said Pasco to THR. "And a lot of it is going to be driven by Tarantino, who is nothing if not predictable...The right time and place will come up and we'll try to hurt him in the only way that seems to matter to him, and that's economically."
Patrick Lynch, President of the NYPD Police Union, was the first to denounce the director, saying: It's no surprise that someone who makes a living glorifying crime and violence is a cop-hater, too."
Since the controversy started, Tarantino has since clarified his stance on the matter telling MSNBC's Chris Hayes that he wasn't labelling all cops as murderers but rather pointing to key incidents such as the case of Eric Garner.
"In those cases in particular that we're talking about, I actually do believe that they were murdered," said Tarantino in his interview. "And they were deemed murder."
We'll have to wait until Christmas Day to see whether or not this controversy has any effect on The Hateful Eight.
