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Tampa Police Refuse to Work Beyonce Concert

<p>As reported on <em>Fox News<&sol;em>&comma; Tampa police are hesitant to work Beyonce&rsquo&semi;s upcoming stadium show in April&period; Police officers across the nation have boycotted the pop star after her starkly anti-police Super Bowl performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For special events like concerts&comma; off-duty officers have the opportunity to sign up for extra pay&period; So far&comma; the list remains blank&period;&nbsp&semi;Tampa Police Department spokesman Steve Hegarty isn&rsquo&semi;t sure if this surprising lack of volunteers is related to the pop star&rsquo&semi;s controversial Super Bowl performance&comma; but he assured the public that officers would be assigned to the event if none volunteer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We&rsquo&semi;re going to staff it because we have a responsibility to do that regardless of how controversial it might be&comma; who the artist might be&comma; or who the politician might be&comma;&rdquo&semi; explained Hegarty&period; &ldquo&semi;This is a couple of months away&comma; so we&rsquo&semi;ve still got plenty of time to fill those slots&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beyonc&eacute&semi;&rsquo&semi;s racially and politically charged Super Bowl halftime show included her newest song &ldquo&semi;Formation&period;&rdquo&semi; The music video&comma; released the day before the Super Bowl&comma; shows the singer standing on an underwater cop car in post-hurricane New Orleans&period; The video&comma; which has heightened&nbsp&semi;anti-police sentiment across the nation&comma; features the notorious Black Panthers Party and police officers with their hands up&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Seven law enforcement officers have been gunned down since the halftime performance that NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani calls an &ldquo&semi;attack&rdquo&semi; on police officers&period; Many believe these tragic deaths are related to the pop star&rsquo&semi;s performance&period;&nbsp&semi;Beyonc&eacute&semi; latest song reflects &ldquo&semi;the violence and senseless killing of seven deputies in the U&period;S&period; since the show aired&period; My comments are an observation of the violence that has occurred but in no way is meant to offend anyone&comma;&rdquo&semi; remarked Tennessee Sheriff Robert Arnold&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jay-Z &lpar;Beyonce&rsquo&semi;s husband&rpar; announced before the Super Bowl that his streaming music service &lpar;Tidal&rpar; would be donating over &dollar;1 million to social justice organizations including Black Lives Matter&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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