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Tarantino says he won’t be intimidated by police boycotts
JAKE COYLE that side of the argument.” stand the nature of the vio- In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, director Quentin Tarantino, cen-
AP Film Writer The director’s strong re- lence that police officers ter, participates in a rally to protest against police brutality in
NEW YORK (AP) — After a sponse signaled that he confront. Unfortunately he New York.
week of backlash from po- wasn’t backing down from mistakes lawful use of force
lice groups threatening to what he said last month at for murder, and it’s not.” Associated Press
boycott his upcoming film, an anti-police brutality rally Tarantino told the Times “it
Quentin Tarantino stood by Brooklyn. Tarantino said feels lousy to have a bunch Foxx said: “Keep telling supported Tarantino’s right
his comments about po- he was “on the side of the of police mouthpieces call the truth and don’t worry to say what he wants.
lice brutality and said he murdered.” me a cop hater. I’m not a about none of the haters.” “We don’t speak for Quen-
wouldn’t be intimidated cop hater. That is a misrep- On Tuesday, the Weinstein tin,” the Weinstein Co. said
from voicing his opinion. His comments provoked resentation. That is slander- Co., the longtime distributor in a statement. “He can
Tarantino told the Los An- outrage from a growing ous. That is not how I feel.” of Tarantino’s films includ- and should be allowed to
geles Times on Tuesday that number of police groups “But you know, that’s their ing “Hateful Eight,” said it speak for himself.”q
law enforcement groups that have called for the choice to do that to me,”
are trying to bully him. “In- boycott of Tarantino’s De- the director added to the
stead of dealing with the cember release “The Hate- Times. “What can I do? I’m
problem of police brutality ful Eight.” They include the not taking back what I said.
in this country, better they National Association of What I said was the truth.
single me out,” Tarantino Police Organizations and I’m used to people mis-
told the Times. local groups in New York, representing me; I’m used
“And their message is very New Jersey, Los Angeles, to being misunderstood.
clear,” he continued. “It’s Chicago and Philadelphia. What I’d like to think is their
to shut me down. It’s to dis- “Tarantino lives in a fantasy attack against me is so vi-
credit me. It is to intimidate world,” Los Angeles Police cious that they’re revealing
me. It is to shut my mouth, Chief Charlie Beck said themselves. They’re hiding
and even more important Tuesday. “That’s how he in plain sight.”
than that, it is to send a makes his living. His movies Jamie Foxx, the star of his
message out to any oth- are extremely violent but “Django Unchained,” has
er prominent person that he doesn’t understand vio- backed Tarantino. At the
might feel the need to join lence. He doesn’t under- Hollywood Film Awards,
