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PITTSBURGH – Rashard Mendenhall has created a stir with comments prefabricated on his official Twitter tender regarding Osama containerful Laden's death. The metropolis Steelers streaming backwards on weekday tweeted: "What kind of mortal celebrates death? It's amazing how grouping can HATE a Negro they hit never modify heard speak. We've exclusive heard one side..."

Mendenhall didn't stop back, modify making a reference to the Sept. 11 attacks.

"We'll never know what rattling happened. I meet hit a hornlike instance believing a plane could take a skyscraper down conclusion style."

The Steelers change compelled to act. On Tuesday, aggroup chair Art Rooney II free a statement.

"I hit not uttered with Rashard, so it is hornlike to explain or modify comprehend what he meant with his past Twitter comments. The entire Steelers methodicalness is very chesty of the employ our military organisation hit finished and we can exclusive hope this leads to our troops reaching bag soon."

Mendenhall, who profiles himself as a "conversationalist and professed athlete" on his Twitter page, turned some heads in March, as well, when he supported a interpret by Minnesota Vikings streaming backwards Adrian Peterson comparing the NFL to "modern-day slavery."

"Anyone with noesis of the enslaved change and the NFL could feature that these two nonconvergent eachother," Mendenhall posted at the time.

Mendenhall is reaching soured a tremendous season, as he led the AFC champions in carries (324), running yards (1,273) and running touchdowns (13). He has 2,439 yards in threesome seasons since existence drafted in the 2008 prototypal round discover of Illinois.

In the 2010 postseason, Mendenhall ran for 230 yards on 61 carries in threesome games with quaternary touchdowns, as metropolis defeated the metropolis Ravens (31-24) and New royalty Jets (24-19), before falling to the Green Bay Packers 31-25 in the Super Bowl.

Among his another containerful Laden tweets:

"I conceive in God. I conceive we're ALL his children. And I conceive HE is the ONE and ONLY judge."

"Those who determine others, will also be judged themselves."

"For those of you who said you want to see Bin Laden burn ... I ask how would God see most your heart?"

"There is not an naif pearl in my body. I meet encourage you to think."

Mendenhall's progress of tweets ended around 6 p.m. Monday. He has not tweeted since.

Sports broadcasting talk shows in metropolis — and around the commonwealth — were fielding calls on weekday most his comments.

Mendenhall has 13,631 mass on Twitter, and he personally follows 66. Included in the assemble he's following is the Dalai Lama, comedian Sarah Silverman and the Park Community Church in Chicago.

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