Even if you're a casual football fan, it was impossible not to be moved by Torrey Smith's performance on Sunday night merely hours after finding out his younger brother Tevin was killed in a motorcycle accident. Smith put up 127 yards and 2 touchdowns, dedicating the emotional win to his brother. Only a person with very poor judgement would have the gull to crack lame jokes on social media about the passing of Smith's brother. Except one person did and now it seems like the entire city of Baltimore hates her for it.
Last night, a Baltimore resident by the name of Katie Moody allegedly blasted out these Tweets from her @KatieBrady12 Twitter account. Presumably, she's a Patriots fan:

The tweets went viral quite quickly:

Maryland sports message boards started threads in outrage. Being a resident of the Charm City, those Tweets making fun of a man who just lost his brother kicked a bee hive. Internet slueths sprung immediately into action, discovering Katie Moody to be a Sr. Administrative Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. According to those Internet sluethsm, she earned her Bachelors and Masters from JHU in Political Science and Fiction Writing (here's a link to her LinkedIn profile screenshot). Ray Rice quickly chimed in to call her out:

And Scott Van Pelt allegedly responded, though the two Tweets cited do not show up on his newsfeed:

Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP
@katiebrady12 I'm just shocked any human being is this flippant.

Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP
@Aaron_Nagler @katiebrady12 very few things amaze me - but this is so offensive, it's stunning. How the F do you type then send that?

On Twitter, angry Ravens fans are asking for action to be taken by her employer, John Hopkins University:

For obvious reasons, she made her account private. There's still a lot of this story left to be played out. The moral of the story? Don't act like an ass on social media, no matter how much you love your team or hate your rival. It's a cautionary tale, really. All it took was two tasteless Tweets in the heat of the moment. But above all else, never ever mock a man who's brother just died. Ever.
[H/T: Ben Herbet]





























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