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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.’”
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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 10:48 am to JAXTiger16
Colin Kaep is better than 90% of the backup. Something isn't right and we all know it. Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:51 am to Rakim
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:51 am to Rakim
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Colin Kaep is better than 90% of the backup.
Nope, but he sure does have good excuse now. Ego is a bitch.
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 RogerTheShrubber
quote:CK needs to realize he made his point, got his fifteen minutes of fame and submit himself to the wishes of the public paying to watch a fricking sporting event, not a political propaganda event. Stand up for America and fight the battle over political issues outside the arena.
CK needs to lower his salary demands and throw the ball better.
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 10:53 am to Rakim
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Colin Kaep is better than 90% of the backup. Something isn't right and we all know it. Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Is this a serious take? Are you seriously having trouble figuring out why he isn't with a team?
Do we actually have to do this?
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:54 am to Rakim
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Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
You go too hard too fast. Gotta slow play the trolls better.
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 11:19 am
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:54 am to Rakim
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Colin Kaep is better than 90% of the backup. Something isn't right and we all know it. Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Are you suggesting that it is his right to play in the NFL? Not hiring a guy because he will piss off the people that pay the bills seems like a good business decision.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:54 am to Rakim
quote:Oh well then, that settles it!
Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:55 am to Pecker
He should team up with Michael Sam and start their own league for the SJW crowd, estimated to be somewhere between 50-100 who would attend. It gets hot sitting in the stands all dressed in black.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:56 am to Rakim
Nobody cares.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:56 am to Rakim
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Colin Kaep is better than 90% of the backup.
I guess the CFL must be racist too then, because I don't see any of their teams beating down his door either.
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Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Yeah, THERE'S an unbiased opinion.
This post was edited on 8/20/17 at 10:57 am
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:56 am to Rakim
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Something isn't right and we all know it. Spike Lee even said the Jets should pick up Kaep.
Maybe its because he's black.
We all know the NFL is uber racist and does whatever they can to prevent black men from playing football.
Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:59 am to SundayFunday
Objectively go look at the stats and tell me he isn't better than 90% of the backups.
If you say he isn't then you are a LIAR
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If you say he isn't then you are a LIAR
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Posted on 8/20/17 at 10:59 am to TimeOutdoors
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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.
Led first and foremost, up front and center, by ESPN. It's like they've anointed themselves his personal employment agency.
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