Rashard Mendenhall Tweets About Osama Bin Laden Death, Stirs Controversy

Steelers Running Back Rashard Mendenhall is causing quite a stink over remarks he made on Twitter about the death of Osama Bin Laden.  In the comments, he questions the events of 9/11 and suggests that people’s hatred of Bin Laden is a one-sided affair.

Check out his recent tweets:

Interesting.

Since athletes saying controversial stuff on Twitter is now the norm, organizations must release quick statements whenever an athlete gets a little too post-happy. Steelers President Art Rooney said this, posted on steelers.com:

I have not spoken with Rashard so it is hard to explain or even comprehend what he meant with his recent Twitter comments. The entire Steelers’ organization is very proud of the job our military personnel have done and we can only hope this leads to our troops coming home soon.

Mendenhall is already a trending topic on Twitter, and is the recipient of some pretty declaratory tweets, rolling in bunches by the second:

Mendenhall hasn’t tweeted in the last 17 hours.