Current Events > National black police association issues statement defending Kaepernick

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/09/06/black-officers-group-issues-stirring-defense-kaepernick-says-values-directly-align-with-police/

When Nikes decision to feature Colin Kaepernick in its new advertising campaign set off a flurry of protests and calls to boycott, some national police organizations were quick to leap into the fray.

The National Fraternal Order of Police criticized the ads and implied that the choice to feature Kaepernick was an insult to law enforcement officers. And the National Association of Police Organizations went further, calling for a boycott of Nike while disparaging Kaepernick as a shallow dilettante seeking to gain notoriety by disrespecting the flag for which so many Americans have fought and died.

Kaepernick, the out-of-work NFL quarterback who touched off the leagues national anthem protests, has long been the target of conservatives, perhaps most notably and vocally President Trump, for his actions, which Kaepernick said were about the mistreatment of minorities at the hands of police.

Sonia Y.W. Pruitt, the national chairperson of the National Black Police Association and a police lieutenant in Maryland, was watching the drama unfold this week and said she was upset by the reactions of the other police organizations. She disagreed with their messages and thought that they didnt fully reflect the full breadth of political views held by police officers around the country.

So on Wednesday she wrote a letter on behalf of her organization that served as a stirring defense of Kaepernick and sharp rebuke to the harsh words issued by the other police organizations.

On the contrary, Pruitt wrote, NBPA believes that Mr. Kaepernicks stance is in direct alignment with what law enforcement stands for the protection of a people, their human rights, their dignity, their safety and their rights as American citizens.

That NAPO has chosen this matter to take a stance, only perpetuates the narrative that police are racist, with no regard, acknowledgment, respect, or understanding of the issues and concerns of the African American community, she wrote.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Pruitt said her organization was motivated to respond to add an alternative police perspective into the debate.

As black officers, we often find ourselves riding the wave with other officers, but no one has asked us what our opinion is, Pruitt said. On many of these social issues we disagree, but nobody knows that, because the assumption is that if youre a police officer that you all think the same way.

I've been saying this all along. When they say "fans/police just want sports to be an escape from politics. Not the right the place" They're overwhelmingly talking about white opinions. That's why the initial response from the league when they tried to silence the protests were so infuriating.
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Nike are being so fucking smart.

I've never heard so many people "Making Statements" about a fucking pair of shoes.

If they made Colt McCoy or Rose Namajunas the face of their shoes, nobody would give a fuck right now

A fucking pair of shoes are global front page news stories worldwide.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/09/06/black-officers-group-issues-stirring-defense-kaepernick-says-values-directly-align-with-police/

When Nikes decision to feature Colin Kaepernick in its new advertising campaign set off a flurry of protests and calls to boycott, some national police organizations were quick to leap into the fray.

The National Fraternal Order of Police criticized the ads and implied that the choice to feature Kaepernick was an insult to law enforcement officers. And the National Association of Police Organizations went further, calling for a boycott of Nike while disparaging Kaepernick as a shallow dilettante seeking to gain notoriety by disrespecting the flag for which so many Americans have fought and died.

Kaepernick, the out-of-work NFL quarterback who touched off the leagues national anthem protests, has long been the target of conservatives, perhaps most notably and vocally President Trump, for his actions, which Kaepernick said were about the mistreatment of minorities.

I've been saying this all along. When they say "fans/police just want sports to be an escape from politics. Not the right the place" They're overwhelmingly talking about white opinions. That's why the initial response from the league when they tried to silence the protests were so infuriating.

These two organizations.

Every year they call me asking for donations. A real chummy sounding guy would tell me stories about spending the money on funerals for officers who died in the line of fire, about how they buy books and teddy bears for the children of falling officers, etc. In the latter years they changed this to a robocall with more or less the same content.

I donated to these two organizations for almost TEN YEARS.

Then 2016 happened and 45 called some minorities rapists. Then he called to ban another minority group. Then he retweeted white supremacists.

THEN these two associations declared their endorsement of this guy almost at the same time. It blew my mind.

Then they had the nerve to ask me for a donation the next year. Never again.

Now theyre shitting on a NFL player for being black. Fuck that

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Now theyre shitting on a NFL player for being black. Fuck that

Wut

No they are not. There are thousands of black Football players
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Now theyre shitting on a NFL player for being black. Fuck that

Wut

No they are not. There are thousands of black Football players

Yeah but they keep their heads down

Hawaiian_punch posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Hawaiian_punch posted...

Now theyre shitting on a NFL player for being black. Fuck that

Wut

No they are not. There are thousands of black Football players

Yeah but they keep their heads down

So by "Shitting on him for being black" you mean "Shitting on him for making immensely large political statements against the police."

Those aren't the same things, don't be dishonest.
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