‘Write a check to Darren Wilson’: Supporters of Ferguson cop hawk St. Louis playoff tees

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14. Good luck, but I believe such complaints would be futile.

I see nothing about the shirts that would violate any trademark or similar protections. If so, the MLB and Cardinals certainly cannot prohibit the sales of shirts or wristbands.

Are you're suggesting that those who wear the t-shirt be prohibited from entering the stadium? If so, the t-shirts do not appear to violate the Busch Stadium rules, as the shirts may be of questionable taste, but are not "obscene or indecent" as those terms are currently understood, and I doubt the team would want to set a precedent that could bite them later with a variety of groups, both left and right. I also cannot imagine that MLB or Cardinals would see any advantage to inserting themselves in the middle of a political and legal matter like the Brown shooting. To the extent they, or anyone else, opposes the shirt, banning it will provide far more press in favor of Wilson, than simply ignoring a few t-shirts in a stadium full of people.

Again, why the urge to silence opponents, particularly when you could make and sell your own shirts, protest, etc.? Such inclinations are not liberal or progressive.