Miami police call for boycott of Beyonce concert, Report

Miami’s police union members have voted to boycott Beyoncé’s concert at Marlins Park in April because of her Super Bowl performance and the release of a video that pays homage to the Black Panthers.

The decision comes after Beyoncé ’s controversial Super Bowl performance, which alluded to the Black Panther movement and was called a “political call to action.” The concert stirred mixed reactions from the public, with some saluting Beyoncé’s courage to make a statement and others bashing its tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement.

“The fact that Beyoncé used this year’s Super Bowl to divide Americans by promoting the Black Panthers and her antipolice message shows how she does not support law enforcement,” Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police, said in a statement issued Thursday.

“We ask all law enforcement labor organizations to join our boycott across the country and to boycott all of her concerts.”

Ortiz isn’t the only one who has supported an anti-Beyoncé movement. A protest held outside New York’s NFL’s headquarters brought a total of three Beyoncé protestors to the stadium, who were soon overshadowed by a throng of pro-Beyoncé protestors, according to New York Magazine.

A Miami Police Department spokesman told WFOR-Ch. 4 that officers will be providing protection during the Beyonce concert.

The Miami Police Department has yet to issue a statement on the union’s planned boycott.

Agencies/Canadajournal