Posted on 08/19/2017 6:53:40 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
Current and former members of the New York City Police Department rallied in Brooklyn Saturday in support of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
According to the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), approximately 75 "mostly minority" officers attended the rally and wore T-shirts featuring the hashtag "#imwithkap."
Frank Serpico, who was played by Al Pacino in the 1973 film Serpico that depicted police corruption, was also in attendance.
"He's trying to hold up this government up to our founding fathers," Serpico told the AP.
Kaepernick, 29, has been an unrestricted free agent since he parted ways with the 49ers in March.
His name has surfaced in several rumors this offseason, most notably regarding backup gigs with the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens.
According to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Kaepernick is not being blackballed for silently protesting during the national anthem and speaking out against social injustice.
"He can't be because we're not," Goodell said July 30, per WNST's Luke Jones. "The clubs are making those individual evaluations."
72% of the players are not white.
Do you hear any whites complaining about this certain disparity?
Colin wants starter pay to be a backup. That’s part of his problem
Is there a Canadian or Japanese football league?
He could clean the stadium bathrooms.
Any bigot who sides with that traitor is a cop I would never trust. They need to be fired. I'm glad some (most?) were former rather than current employees.
I used to respect the NYPD, no longer.
“Is there a Canadian or Japanese football league”
....or maybe and ISIS or Taliban league.
I hope he does not get hired by an NFL team. His unemployment status might teach some of the NFLers to get on their feet when our anthem is played.
Hey, he’d be qualified as a ball boy ... blowing them up, making sure they’re not soft and also walking around squirting Gator Aide in players mouths. Now there’s a job for him.
Frank Serpico showed up unannounced at a talk by Watergate figure John Dean at a talk I attended at a nearby college back in the late 1970s. What a hippie, anti establishment, jerk he was.
He could sell hot dogs at the games.
Would these same officers help Tebow land a spot with the Mets? Not a chance......
It really doesn’t matter, Nobody will watch the NFL any way. This is just a bunch of crybabies trying to force their will on our public opinion.
NFL truly does mean...Not For Long.
I could think of a joke, but it might be a little racy. 😀😆😄
approximately 75 "mostly minority" officers
Thats a pathetic amount of support for the turkey.
Pacino nailed him in the movie though. Excellent film.
I stand with the NAACP. Boycott the nfl until colon clapperdick is the highest paid player evah!
Sure, there’s Canadian football. I dont think the money is as good. Colin would probably do well there, cuz they play on a bigger, wider field. He is a fast runner.
But it wouldn’t feed his ego.
and most were former NYPD.
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