Police trade Twitter barbs over controversial finish of Kansas State-KU game
It began hours after Svi Mykhailiuk made his game-winning shot Tuesday night and helped Kansas beat K-State in the Sunflower Showdown at Allen Fieldhouse.
There was ample discussion about the Jayhawks’ 90-88 victory.
That’s when a tweet from a Wildcats fan was directed at the Lawrence Police Department.
@LawrenceKS_PD hello I'd like to report a robbery.....he took off on foot
— Connor J. Sell (@conniesell1) January 4, 2017
You know that was in reference to the no-call on Mykhailiuk’s game-winning shot, right? Nearly everyone agrees that he should have been called for traveling.
The response was classic:
This is a police dept Twitter account, not a place for jokes.If it were about jokes we'd talk about how much whining wildcats do about refs. https://t.co/XYLfUVcWdZ
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 4, 2017
Well, that just got the fun started. The Riley County Police Department, which covers Manhattan, Kan., saw that tweet and responded to the Lawrence tweet:
@LawrenceKS_PD I’m just surprised you didn’t dispatch EMS to make sure the ref didn’t accidentally swallow his whistle.
— RCPD (@RileyCountyPD) January 4, 2017
At this point, the Lawrence Police roped in the KU Public Safety Office:
@RileyCountyPD meh, that's @KUPublicSafety jurisdiction anyway. What's a little travel between friends? Great tweetalong the other night!
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 4, 2017
The KU Public Safety Office came up with a funny tweet as well:
@RileyCountyPD @LawrenceKS_PD we are trying to navigate around all these trophy display cases to the court to investigate. #12Straight https://t.co/aRmppfaYfM
— KUPublicSafetyOffice (@KUPublicSafety) January 4, 2017
The Riley Count Police Department was ready with a zinger of a response:
@KUPublicSafety @LawrenceKS_PD Well after last night we know you enjoy traveling, so it shouldn’t be too much of a hassle! #12StraightSteps
— RCPD (@RileyCountyPD) January 4, 2017