Jemele Hill Calls Patriots Drafted Kicker A ‘White Supremacist’ For Tattoo, Kicker Claims Only Crime Is Being Dumb

In the fifth round of Saturday’s NFL Draft, the Patriots selected Marshall kicker Justin Rohrwasser.

This move wouldn’t be of interest to anyone who doesn’t run on Dunkin’ if it weren’t for a tattoo inked on Rohrwasser’s left forearm.

Rohrwasser was scrutinized for having a tattoo of the Roman numeral “III” encircled by 13 stars, which represents a very controversial right-wing militia group called the “Three Percenters”.

The group, which got its name from the three percent of American colonists who took up arms against Great Britain during the American Revolution, advocates for gun ownership rights and condemns the over-stepping of government in the lives of individual citizens. Members of the group infamously served as guards for white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.

As outrage mounted, Rohrwasser claims he got the tattoo as a teenager and their views are not something he represents.

“I got that tattoo when I was a teenager,” “I had a lot of family in the military, and I thought it stood for a military support symbol at the time. Obviously, it evolved into something that I did not want to represent. When I look back on it, I should have done way more research before I put any mark or symbol like that on my body. It’s not something I want to represent. So, it will be covered.”

Atlantic writer Jemele Hill wasn’t so forgiving of Rohrwasser’s adolescent tomfoolery, calling the Patriots newest kicker a ‘white supremacist. 

It should surprise no one that the internet was even more ruthless.

Welcome to the league, dude. This isn’t Kansas anymore.