By Shaun King
We often hear that police officers across the country are pissed
at Colin Kaepernick. When Nike announced an endorsement deal with the
former NFL quarterback, who has been effectively banned
from the league for his protests during the national anthem, an
umbrella group of police unions called the National Association of
Police Organizations called for its ranks to boycott the shoemaker’s products.
Yet we often don’t hear about how black police officers across the
country think of Kaepernick and the subjects he raised with his protest.
The reality is that these cops are often in support not only of
Kaepernick’s stance against police brutality, racism, and injustice in
the United States, but that black police actually support and defend his
previous protests around those issues during the national anthem.
On Wednesday, the National Black Police Association released an open
letter they sent to Mark Parker, Nike’s CEO. In the letter, the group
not only condemned the calls from traditionally white police
organizations to boycott Nike, but congratulated Nike on its new
campaign featuring Kaepernick.
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Source: The Intercept_
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