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New York Police Officers Rally in Support of Colin Kaepernick
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:43 am
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:43 am
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Dozens of current and retired officers from the New York Police Department rallied on Saturday morning in support of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers player lionized and reviled for refusing to stand during the national anthem.
The gathering in Brooklyn Bridge Park was organized by Sgt. Edwin Raymond and attended by about 80 officers who wore black T-shirts emblazoned with “#IMWITHKAP.” Frank Serpico, a former officer who exposed corruption in the New York Police Department in the 1970s, attended.
Speakers, including City Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, Democrat of Brooklyn, linked the backlash against Kaepernick’s gesture — no team has signed the quarterback for this season — to the violence last weekend during a white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va., and more generally to issues of police accountability.
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As members of law enforcement, we can confirm that the issues he is saying exist in policing, and throughout the criminal justice system, indeed exist,” Sergeant Raymond said of Kaepernick. In 2015, he joined 11 other officers in filing a class-action lawsuit against the Police Department for policing practices they said discriminated against minority communities.
The rally coincided with a wave of mostly peaceful demonstrations in Boston and other cities on Saturday, in which protesters addressed white supremacy, Confederate statues and free speech.
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They said he disrespected law enforcement,” Sergeant Raymond said. “Well, I’m law enforcement, and he didn’t disrespect me.”
At the rally, Williams praised the officers for risking their lives to protect the public. He drew ire last year when he refused to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance during City Council meetings.
“People use the terms ‘antipolice,’ ‘unpatriotic,’ to scare people from stepping forward,” he said later in an interview. “It takes courage to say, ‘I’m going to do it anyway, because it’s what’s right.’”
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:45 am to Rakim
CK needs to lower his salary demands and throw the ball better.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:46 am to Rakim
Maybe if he was better at football, he would get a job.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:52 am to Rakim
So 24 (dozens) out of 50k nypd employees?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:52 am to Rakim
It's a PR campaign for Kaep pushing this. I don't know if it's the NAACP or whose behind it but this is an orchestrated marketing campaign.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:59 am to Rakim
So the largest police force in the nation was only able to get 80 people (some retired) to show up in support of this dipshit.
And those numbers were probably exaggerated.
And those numbers were probably exaggerated.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 11:00 am to Rakim
Talk about a deliberately misleading thread title.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 11:01 am to Rakim
Eighty people out of a force of almost 50,000 doesn't mean all that much.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 11:01 am to Rakim
I see a "Gladiator" type epic based on Colin coming in the future.
In one scene, he will go 9 for 19 with 67 yards and 4 interceptions. He will walk to the sidelines, knee down, raise his arms and shout, "Are you not entertained?!!!"
In one scene, he will go 9 for 19 with 67 yards and 4 interceptions. He will walk to the sidelines, knee down, raise his arms and shout, "Are you not entertained?!!!"
Posted on 8/20/17 at 11:49 am to Rakim
I always thought the Niners were fools to keep him and release Alex Smith.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 11:51 am to Rakim
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Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:02 pm to Rakim
I hope the NFL mandates someone hire him and start him all year, and that he loses every game.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 12:14 pm to Rakim
Keep digging polly... you'll eventually find an alter persona that somebody gives a shite about.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 1:05 pm to Rakim
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, and more generally to issues of police accountability.
So dildos can speak now?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 2:03 pm to Rakim
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They said he disrespected law enforcement,” Sergeant Raymond said. “Well, I’m law enforcement, and he didn’t disrespect me.”
Blue opinions matter?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 3:21 pm to Rakim
Only 80 out the possible tens of thousands active duty and retired NYC police officers.
That a like having no support at all.
That a like having no support at all.
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