49ers Long Snapper Faces Backlash After Ricky Pearsall’s Post on ‘Liberal’ Views Following Shooting

Long-snapper Taybor Pepper was shocked and dismayed that he was attacked on social media over the weekend after posting a comment expressing relief that Ricky Pearsall was OK after being shot during an attempted robbery attempt on the 49ers rookie.

“Cannot believe I had to mute replies to my last tweet,” Pepper posted to social media following an early message of support for his teammate.

Pearsall was shot when a 17-year-old attempted to rob him of his Rolex using a gun and the rookie fought back, leading to multiple shots going off one of which struck him in the chest.

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“Glad to hear Ricky is stable,” he had written early, which set off a barrage of negative reactions.

Social media users appeared to take the post as an opportunity to attack Pepper over his political persuasion and another person used it as a chance to criticize the pick.