Panthers cut ties with CPI Security after CEO's comments on police brutality

[rpannier]

The Carolina Panthers have terminated their partnership with Charlotte-based CPI Security, the team announced Saturday night, in the wake of comments by the company's founder and CEO downplaying police brutality against people of color.

Ken Gill's comments came in response to an open letter sent by Jorge Millares, the executive director of local community group Queen City Unity, to city leaders calling for police reform.

"Please spend your time in a more productive way. I challenge your statistics," Gill wrote in his emailed reply to Millares, a screenshot of which was posted to the organization's website. "A better use of time, would be to focus on the black on black crime and senseless killing of our young men by other young men."

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Gill later apologized for his comments in a statement, noting that they "did not directly address the public's outcry for racial justice and equality in the wake of George Floyd's senseless killing."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29276795/panthers-cut-ties-cpi-security-ceo-comments-police-brutality

Lest you think Gill maybe serious in his contriteness
It came after all of these teams and schools cut ties:
The Carolina Panthers
The Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Knights (Minor League Baseball)
The Durham Bulls (Minor League Baseball)
The Columbia Fireflies (Minor League Baseball)
North Carolina State University
South Carolina State

I am guessing, it came when he watched his bottom line take a shelling.

I cannot find whether they are partnered with either the Hurricanes, Duke University or the Univ of North Carolina

[msongs]

1. how many of security are moonlighting or ex cops one wonders nt

[SCantiGOP]

2. And U of South Carolina

And the Columbia SC minor league baseball team.
Frank Martin, USC basketball coach, is chairing a special committee of NCAA coaches to study race issues inside and outside of the college game.