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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York City police take a knee at rally in support of Colin Kaepernick
Dozens of current and former New York City police officers, including famed corruption whistleblower Frank Serpico, turned out Saturday at a rally in support of getting free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the National Football League.
The former San Francisco 49ers player became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color.
He opted out of his contract in March and became a free agent, but so far, no NFL teams have signed him for the upcoming season, which kicks off in three weeks.
The gathering in Brooklyn featured about 75 mostly minority officers wearing black T-shirts reading #imwithkap.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/19/police-rally-kaepernick-imwithkap-serpico
stonecutter357
(12,695 posts)Response to turbinetree (Original post)
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malaise
(268,904 posts)Very nice
bigtree
(85,986 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,808 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Regardless of our color or politics,
can't we stand for our national anthem?
It's like spitting on the flag.
Hey, just my humble opinion.
JI7
(89,246 posts)I'm not talking about you here.
But the fact is many who are angry at this have no problem with trump .
Wounded Bear
(58,639 posts)Freedoms are meaningless if you don't allow others to express them. Forcing people to show respect to a symbol of something they feel does not protect them is like pissing on the Constitution. Thankfully, we live in a country where it is still allowable to have this conversation.
BannonsLiver
(16,364 posts)Do they play it before movies? Theater productions? Concerts? Before an orchestra performs?
Iggo
(47,548 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)But we all know that if he was playing like Cam, or Tom, or Peyton, or Russell - he'd have a job.
The NFL is about money. Period.
He's washed up. Nothing to do with the protests, though it probably didn't help him, I agree.