Colorado store that quit selling Nike products over Kaepernick ad goes out of business

FoxNews.com ^ | Feb 14, 2019 | Nicole Darrah | Fox News

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The owner of a sporting goods store in Colorado says his shop is going out of business after he stopped selling Nike products over the company's controversial campaign with Colin Kaepernick.

Prime Time Sports, in Colorado Springs, is shuttering its doors after "21 mostly good years," owner Stephen Martin wrote on Facebook Monday.

He advertised 40 percent off all merchandise, and thanked those who "offered help and support through the 'Honor The Flag' memorial wall and NIKE boycott."

Martin said he can't afford to stay open anymore after he stopped selling Nike products, in protest after the sports brand featured Kaepernick, a former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, in its "Just Do It" campaign.

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"'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded"

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"Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He continued to pursue an education, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy.[1][2] In 1989 he was shot and killed in Oakland, California. ..."

"As a student at Merritt College in Oakland, Newton became involved in politics in the Bay Area. He joined the Afro-American Association (AAA), became a prominent member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Beta Tau chapter; and played a role in getting the first African-American history course adopted as part of the college's curriculum.

He read the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, Émile Durkheim, and Che Guevara.

During his time at Merritt College, he met Bobby Seale, and the two organized the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966.[3]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton

Backup link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20171125112853/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton

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Meet the [35] Police Officers Murdered by the Black Panthers [and BP offshoot Black Liberation Army]

The Professional Gunfighter
Posted in: News, Politics, Terrorism

Below are the names and photos of 35 Police Officers who were murdered by the Black Panthers and the subsequent Black Liberation Army in the 60s, 70s and 80s [click link for list and details].

The Black Liberation Army was an organization that grew out of the Black Panther Party, composed of former Black Panther Party members, operating from about 1971-1980. Another two police officers on the list were murdered by the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist group with ties to the Black Liberation Army.

Despite this readily available information, today the internet was full of articles criticizing those who were upset by Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, and questioning how anyone could be upset over a woman “affirming her blackness.” Their analysis couldn’t have been more off.

We have no issues with someone “affirming their blackness” or any other identity they want to affirm. We do take issue when people pay homage to a group that used terrorism and violence to promote racism and revolutionary socialism – a group that murdered dozens of police officers in cold blood.

As you scroll through the list of officers below, look at their photos and read their stories. Among these officers are black men and white men. Rookies and veterans from across the country. Most were killed in unprovoked attacks and ambushes. They all left behind families….

Perhaps Beyonce, someone from the NFL, and someone representing CBS, could read through this list and tell us if they still stand by their decision to honor the Black Panthers during the Super Bowl. Then perhaps they could explain their answers to the surviving wives and children of these fallen officers. ...”

https://progunfighter.com/murdered-by-the-black-panthers/

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Backlash after Colin Kaepernick named face of Nike ad

FoxNews.com ^ | Sept 4, 2018 | Ryan Gaydos

Nike’s announcement Monday it would make Colin Kaepernick the face of its “Just Do It” campaign sparked a firestorm on social media -- and literal fires, too.

Some social media users took to Twitter to showcase their frustrations. Videos and photos showed fans completely destroying their Nike-branded apparel, with some going as far as letting the gear go up in flames.

“First the @NFL forces me to choose between my favorite sport and my country,” Twitter user Sean Clancy wrote. “I chose country. Then @Nike forces me to choose between my favorite shoes and my country.

Since when did the American Flag and the National Anthem become offensive?”

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...

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[Perseverando]

Colorado store that quit selling Nike products over Kaepernick ad goes out of business

Sorry to hear that. A casualty in the left's war on America.

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Nike ad...

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Kaepernick social media posts laud Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers,...

August 30, 2016
FoxNews.com

“'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded.

Kaepernick has posted 170 photos or videos on his Instagram account in the four years since he created it. Most of his first 128 posts were pics of him in football gear, publicity photos or shots taken with friends.

But 31 of his last 42 posts have strong social justice connotations, often featuring quotes from radical Nation of Islam leader [communist] Malcolm X, Black Panthers founder Huey Newton and cop killer Assata Shakur [aka, communist-revolutionary JoAnne Chesimard]

During a Sunday news conference about the flag flap, Kaepernick dressed in a black hat with a large, white “X” and a T-shirt that featured photos of Cuban despot Fidel Castro and Malcolm X.”

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/30/kaepernick-social-media-posts-laud-black-lives-matter-black-panthers-since-dating-activist-dj.html
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Here's a close up of the jerk's shirt. It reads "Like Minds Think Alike" (Fidel Castro and black radical/communist Malcolm X)

“With the 49ers visiting the Dolphins this week, San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick engaged in a conference call with members of the South Florida media. However, one reporter wanted to discuss something that happened in August, when Kaepernick wore a shirt that appeared to show support for Fidel Castro, which led to a tense exchange.

The shirt depicted scenes from a 1960 meeting between Castro and Malcolm X, and it bore the phrase, “Like minds think alike.” Kaepernick wore it to a news conference after the 49ers’ third preseason game, which was when his refusal to stand during the national anthem became a major national story.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/11/24/colin-kaepernick-grilled-by-miami-dolphins-reporter-over-fidel-castro-shirt/?utm_term=.1db56249b83a

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"'History!' Kaepernick wrote on Instagram Oct. 15 [2015], when he marked 50 years since the Black Panther Party was founded"

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From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s/original] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES

"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey [Newton] rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo [the police].

Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.

The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."

To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."

Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969)
http://web.archive.org/web/20060717050055/http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html

[Jess Kitting]

"Believe in Something. Even if it means sacrificing everything"

Looks like that is what the store did.

[Chickensoup]

No a casualty because CONSERVATIVES do not help or support other CONSERVATIVES who take principled stances.

[JudyinCanada]

I hate seeing Rush in Nike every day.

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CONSERVATIVES do not help or support other CONSERVATIVES who take principled stances.

He needn't have been a Conservative. Just a patriotic American. I'm sure there are still some democrat voters who love the country.

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Rush in Nike?

[IronJack]

I’m not buying it. If this store was so dependent on Nike products that boycotting them forced him into insolvency, then he had too narrow a market. There are a lot of other suppliers of sporting goods besides the schmucks at Nike.

[SaveFerris]

The delusion of Democrats - it burns. Sometimes, literally.

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I’m not buying it. If this store was so dependent on Nike products that boycotting them forced him into insolvency, then he had too narrow a market.

Maybe it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I honestly don’t believe that the store went out of business because of this move completely, I believe it had a lot more to do with people shopping on line now!!! I know Colorado is a very liberal state but standing up against Nike certainly shouldn’t have run his store out of business this has probably been coming for a while now!!! The ONLY reason I walk into a brick and mortar store now is groceries, EVERYTHING ELSE is purchased on line I have always hated shopping and I can search for the best prices without leaving my couch!! Most sellers have free shipping and many times I also avoid sales tax!!!

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wondered that too. Was a majority of his product line Nike products? Was his profit margin larger on Nike, so that the rest of his sales weren’t enough to allow him to stay in business? There’s probably more to this story.

[joma89]

I never buy nike products.

JoMa

[Pontiac]

“We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation, who has leveraged the power of sport to help move the world forward.”

Move the world forward towards WHAT?

From what I have seen of who inspires Colin Kaepernick I don’t want the world to go where he desires to lead.

Every one of Kaepernick’s idols seems to be a communist.

I don’t want to live in a communist hell.

[WXRGina]

Rush in Nike?

If you had the Dittocam with Rush 24/7, you would know that Rush wears many Nike golf shirts to work.