Police Union Threatens Quentin Tarantino

The word battle between the police and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino got significantly more heated this week when the executive director of the country largest police union ominously announced that the union had a "surprise" for Tarantino in advance of the opening of his new movie, The Hateful Eight.

Fraternal Order of Police leader Jim Pasco announced on Thursday to The Hollywood Reporter that "something is in the works, but the element of surprise is the most important element." Pasco went on to say that the surprise action against Tarantino would happen sometime between now and the Christmas release of the film.

Tarantino drew the anger of police when he spoke at an anti-police-brutality rally in October. At the protest, Tarantino suggested that some police-involved shootings could be considered murder on the part of the police, and his remarks were taken by some as being anti-police in general. Since then, Tarantino has insisted that he has been misinterpreted.

Pasco says that he and his union are not threatening violence against Tarantino, but rather an action that will have negative economic consequences for the filmmaker and his film. Of course, the continued controversy could potentially give a huge economic boost to the film, which otherwise would likely have a relatively low-profile opening.