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PBR World Champion Jess Lockwood, brother under fire for insensitive tweets toward Native Americans
It's the PBR (Professional Bull Riders), not the PRB.
PRB World Champion Jess Lockwood, brother under fire for insensitive tweets toward Native Americans
Scott Breen
3:29 pm
November 15, 2018
BILLINGS – Montana bull riding world champion Jess Lockwood and his brother Jake are facing criticism after insensitive messages from their Twitter accounts were posted Monday disparaging Native Americans.
One day after the PBR World Finals concluded in Las Vegas where Jess Lockwood was competing, a tweet was sent from his verified Twitter account that read: “So Jake literally pissed his pants laughing at this rezzer that stopped us outside the Indian depot,” followed by a laughing emoji with tears streaming down its face.
One minute later, a tweet was posted from the account of Jake Lockwood that read: “Drunk rezzer- can i ask you a favor? Me- ya what do you need? Drunk rezzer- what do i need?…i got water! #noDAPL #WaterIsLife”
#noDAPL is a hashtag that was popular during protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, which galvanized tribes from around the region in support of the Standing Rock Sioux’s claims their water quality was threatened. ... #WaterIsLife was another popular hashtag from those protest in 2016 and 2017 ... Both tweets have since been deleted.
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Scott Breen
3:29 pm
November 15, 2018
BILLINGS – Montana bull riding world champion Jess Lockwood and his brother Jake are facing criticism after insensitive messages from their Twitter accounts were posted Monday disparaging Native Americans.
One day after the PBR World Finals concluded in Las Vegas where Jess Lockwood was competing, a tweet was sent from his verified Twitter account that read: “So Jake literally pissed his pants laughing at this rezzer that stopped us outside the Indian depot,” followed by a laughing emoji with tears streaming down its face.
One minute later, a tweet was posted from the account of Jake Lockwood that read: “Drunk rezzer- can i ask you a favor? Me- ya what do you need? Drunk rezzer- what do i need?…i got water! #noDAPL #WaterIsLife”
#noDAPL is a hashtag that was popular during protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, which galvanized tribes from around the region in support of the Standing Rock Sioux’s claims their water quality was threatened. ... #WaterIsLife was another popular hashtag from those protest in 2016 and 2017 ... Both tweets have since been deleted.
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