Posted on 09/14/2018 6:21:43 PM PDT by TigerClaws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Shoppers got more than they bargained for Thursday at the Promenade in west Little Rock after police showed up to find man waving a flag outside the Nike store.
"Now what better place to wave the flag than right here in front of the Nike store," Jimmie Cavin can be heard saying in a video he posted to Facebook.
Cameras captured Cavin sitting outside the store with a blue-line flag fluttering in the wind.
"It was lunch time, so they were full and I know people were watching from over there," Cavin said in an interview on Friday.
"My priority is supporting law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics."
Cavin tells us, he sat on his tailgate and didn't say anything to anybody.
"I guess probably 15 minutes into it, a Little Rock patrol car pulled up," Cavin says.
According to a police report Cavin showed us, officers showed up after a store manager reported a disturbance.
"Of course, we chatted," Cavin says.
"He realized I wasn't doing anything wrong."
Cavin says, almost as quickly as they arrived, police left.
"So, Nike called the police on the guy supporting the police for supporting the police," Cavin says.
It comes on the heels of the Nike's new promotional launch featuring Colin Kaepernick. The former NFL quarterback drew controversy for kneeling during the national anthem.
While Cavin may not agree with Kaepernick, he says he supports Kaepernick's right to express himself.
"I usually fly them on my truck too," Cavin says.
It illustrates a firm grip on freedom but not without some checks and balances.
"I mean, just an ol' redneck sitting on his tailgate waving a flag," Cavin says.
We reached out to the Nike media relations department, it told us the company respects the right to peacefully protest.
Cavin has posted up at several different spots in central Arkansas over the years waving different flags in support of law enforcment and first responders.
He plans to continue doing so despite Thursday's incident.
This is about to break loose and it is going to be kick ass. Which side will you fight on because you will be fighting.
Excellent
It all started nine years ago this month with Øbama’s d@mn “beer summit” between the Cambridge professor and the cop.
How dare Nike call the cops. They support Kaepernick who supports the idea that cops are pigs.
Good job jimmie
I’d buy that man a lunch and a beer.
I just added a hero to my list.
“”So, Nike called the police on the guy supporting the police for supporting the police,””
I don’t understand the mentality of hating someone’s guts with all the passion of hell then calling them when the hater needs help.
It sounds like Nike is SWATTING this guy.
The store owner/manager could be arrested for calling in a “fake/false” incident.
So let me get this straight: You have a Constitutional right to burn the flag, but if you dare to fly Old Glory, the police will be called out.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. And they are less Liberal in the true sense all the time, and more Leftist. Which Savage really meant, Leftist, when he coined the phrase.
Thank you
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