UConn Witnesses Threatened, T-Shirts Now On Sale

((HT: WTNH-TV))

Neither in a good way...

University of Connecticut police say witnesses to the killing of football player Jasper Howard are being threatened with violence if they come forward with evidence.

Maj. Ronald Blicher tells the student newspaper, The Daily Campus , that the threats are being made in Internet postings and police are looking into them. He says authorities are still urging people to submit videos, photos or other information.

But Andrew Pergam of NBC Connecticut, formerly WVIT-TV, lets us in on the whole profiteering motive of some folks up that way.

A website has been prominently promoting tee-shirts and towels memorializing Jasper Howard with the promise that “all proceeds benefit Jasper Howards [sic] child.”

Not cool, says Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Not cool at all.

For one thing, the Pennsylvania company, gamedaytease.com, appears to be violating University of Connecticut logo and licensing rules, and for another, the company is not registered as a charity with the state, and therefore can’t sell products this way. They have "failed to demonstrate authorization or permission," said a press release.

Blumenthal gave gamedaytease their cease and desist presser Friday afternoon.

This might be one of the last chances to see what one of these looks like before the entire state of Connecticut drops the hammer... they've got a lot of stuff up on their site page.

It may not be there much longer...