Two Miami Dolphins players knelt during the national anthem ahead of their Thursday preseason opener, and now a local police union is urging its members to protest the team in response to the peaceful demonstration.
The Miami Dolphins’ Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson defied the NFL’s new policy requiring players to stand during the national anthem and took a knee during the Star Spangled Banner to protest racial injustice and police brutality.
In a message posted to Facebook Friday, Broward County Police Benevolent Association wrote that the group had recently offered their members discounted tickets to an upcoming Dolphins game at which first responders will be honored. But due to the players’ peaceful protest, they said they were withdrawing themselves from the discount ticket program and urging its members and other local police union members not to participate and boycott the game.
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Source: The Huffington Post
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