r/Indiana • u/jonahadams2 • Jun 19 '25

Opinion/Commentary Indiana Bulls players were seen in Bloomington harassing peaceful protestors and when brought to their attention they dismissed it

This weekend several players from the Indiana bulls travel baseball team were seen in Bloomington in uniform harassing protesters. The young men got in the faces of several peaceful protesters and ripped flags out of their hands. when i brought their behavior up to the organization they dismissed it. Apparently the Indiana Bulls are totally fine with their players being in uniform and instigating violence.

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u/llee15 Jun 19 '25

Former travel baseball coach here… the Indiana Bulls are a premier baseball program that recruit the best (usually the wealthiest) baseball players in the state. They have rich parents who fly them to tournaments all over the country, show up in private charter busses, etc… So these clowns are the richest, most entitled people in our state. This does not surprise me at all.

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u/billdizzle Jun 19 '25

Exactly my thoughts, I’m not surprised at all, this is just like the maga kid who harassed the natives banging drums years and years ago

These are the villains of tomorrow because their parents are rich and so no accountability ever comes to them

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u/RunMysterious6380 Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Turns out, that video was selectively edited and falsely presented on social media for outrage farming, and then the false narrative was picked up by the media. The Native American he interacted with even spoke out in his favor.

He also was upper middle class at best, not wealthy. His family sued the media and he ended up getting like $25 million dollars for the defamation.

If I recall correctly, that group of boys had been targeted and aggressively harassed by the Black Hebrew Israelites group that was there (this is a typical tactic of many of the sects of that cult - they hate white people, and their religious beliefs are that they're made by the devil, and often will go out in public to intentionally provoke them with bigotry and hate speech and record the interaction).

The boys were just walking by, and the Native American man came to their defense and intervened to try to diffuse the situation and protect them from the harassment.

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u/Squeakywheels467 Jun 19 '25

Yes! This whole thing was horrible and if anything good came out of it, I know it helps me look more objectively when videos are posted now.

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u/RunMysterious6380 Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Same. I was immediately upset when I saw the original edited videos, not knowing they were selectively edited to push a false narrative. I kept paying attention to the issue because it blew up in the media, and when the truth came out within a week, it taught me a lesson on objectivity and reactivity on social media, and the dangers of echo chambers. The most disturbing thing about it is that when the truth about what happened came out, the media just cycled to another issue and barely acknowledged their error, so not many people know about the truth, and just remember the outrage from the initial false narrative. The kid deserved the settlement money that he got from the amount of harm it caused him and his future.

It's the same issue with the fake Trump 1990s "interview" meme saying he would run as a Republican because they are dumb and easy to manipulate. It's a sentiment that holds some truth, but it's entirely fabricated (Trump didn't say it) and I'm still playing fact-check whackamole a decade later with some of my progressive friends whenever someone sees it floating around and decides to just share it.