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Title: Kaepernick anthem protest: Police threaten boycott
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BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37265886
Published: Sep 3, 2016
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2016-09-03 15:51:40 by Gatlin
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Views: 6036
Comments: 31
Police officers have threatened to boycott the home games of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers if the organisation fails to take action to halt protests by its quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick has refused to stand for the national anthem in a protest against the plight of black people in the US. A letter from Santa Clara police says Kaepernick's actions and statements are "false and insulting". It accused the 49ers of failing to take any action to stop them. Kaepernick's protest has stemmed from the racial tensions that increased across the nation this year amid a string of police killings and subsequent revenge attacks. The player stayed seated during The Star-Spangled Banner at a game a week ago and on Thursday chose to kneel during the anthem. The 28-year-old has said he will continue until he sees improvements in US race relations. The Santa Clara Police Officers' Association letter, obtained by NBC Bay Area, said that Kaepernick had "made the allegation that police officers are getting paid to murder people" . It accused the 49ers of "allowing Kaepernick to wear exposed socks with the image of a pig wearing a police hat". Rest of the story is here.
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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)
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His career, assuming he [had] one, is destroyed based on his own actions. His earlier professional contracts are about to be rippedupped.
A letter from Santa Clara police says Kaepernick's actions and statements are "false and insulting". Wow - a police department that does not believe in the first amendment - what a shock! I wonder what actual veterans think. Veteran’s Brilliant Response to Kaepernick Sitting for Anthem Shows U.S. What Tyranny Looks Like The Santa Clara Police Officers' Association letter, obtained by NBC Bay Area, said that Kaepernick had "made the allegation that police officers are getting paid to murder people" . It accused the 49ers of "allowing Kaepernick to wear exposed socks with the image of a pig wearing a police hat". Oh the poor babies got their widdle feelers hurt? Good grief, grow a pair you whining little cowards. In July 2015, Kaepernick converted to Islam during the offseason AND he is engaged to Nessa Diab, a Black Lives Matter activist who promotes what she calls “authentic Islam.”
His career is based on his performance on the field. From what I have seen he ain't all that great. You have pointed out many times that the Supreme Court ruled that the police did not have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm. So Kaepernick has a First Amendment right to make an ass of himself and the police have a lawful right not to protect him from those who may disagree with him. Fair is fair … Good grief, let the whining little asshole pay for his own security….he can surely afford it.
I don't give a shit whether Kaepernick stands or sits. It's his business. I get he's making a point. There's something to it. It doesn't bother me.
So he's a fool
It is NOT "his" business. He is a professional member of a major team sport's organization in the USA. His antics were unprofessional.
His profession is as a player. He didn't sit out a play. The national anthem has nothing to do with his profession.
As is always, you subscribe to some silly characteristic that is not covered by the US Constitution. He is under professional contract to ensure the dignity for the NFL and his team, not himself. He violated contract and requires the exclusion clause to be KICKED IN: YOU ARE OUTTA HERE!
Well, apparently his actions didn't "require" any clause to kick in, because he's NOT "outta there". You'd like to see him kicked out. His bosses see it differently. I agree with his bosses. You don't. Oh well.
The MotherFUCKER is under contract to represent his team and NFL in a professional manner. He is not professional. He is OUTTA HERE!
I am unaware of any charges of incest against the man. He's under contract with a boss, and the boss decides what those terms mean. If you were his boss, you'd fire him. His boss obviously doesn't interpret his silent protest (of sitting out the anthem) as unprofessional. The use of employment-at-will doctrine to suppress political dissent is not a winner for conservatives. There are more Democrats in this country than Republicans, and the very largest companies and most cutting edge industries, and the controllers of finance, are Democrats. Getting into a game of firing people over their politics will end up leaving Republicans poorer and more dependent on the federal and state governments they hate. It is best to recognize that people have the right to politically express themselves within reason, and to not cook off over symbology. Don't be an idolator who turns some totem into an object of worship.
Professional sports is not a function of individual politics or belief sytems outside of the profficient game at hand; the motherFUCKER is FIRED.
The members of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association (SCPOA) have worked for the 49ers organization on a voluntary basis. They can choose not to volunteer. It has nothing to do with the Constitution or their assigned duties as cops. If they do not want the extra hours, they are free to enjoy their weekends. The security Kaepernick will need, if he plays, will be from the opposing defense. In addition to new philosophy, there is his new vegan diet. The dude is seriously skinny now. They need the muscle mass to take the hits.
Except he hasn't been fired. You'd like it if he were, but his bosses have not fired him.
They can indeed choose not to volunteer. And other cops wanting the overtime will step up and volunteer to take their place. There's a nice idolatry going on here. The guy's dissent has REALLY pissed some people off, so they are aiming right for POWER - POWER to slam him down, to fire him, to PUNISH him, to show who's boss. People should be careful what they wish for. There is no protection against discrimination based on politics. Make an example out of this guy because he has taken a reasonable and peaceful stance - he's sitting down for a song to make a point - and that precedent will be very powerful. The tech industry, for example, could go ahead and purge its ranks of Republicans - anybody that donated to a Republican cause. It can purge its ranks of anybody opposed to illegal immigration. So can the banking industry. Republicans don't win a status purge in this country: they're outnumbered and comparatively under-represented in the top positions. And if you drive a guy out of football for sitting through the anthem over police brutality, you're going to have created a martyr and a lot of itchy trigger fingers on the Left, to take their pound of flesh out of the hide of the Right, using employment-at- will to do it. And a Hillary Clinton Justice System and Supreme Court will uphold that too. The proper answer to things like this guy is to grow a thicker skin and ignore him.
After a downturn in revenues ... FIRED is the name of the game, now.
We'll see about that. I doubt it.
Or not. It is not individuals speaking but the Santa Clara Police Officers Association (SCPOA). It is only the possibility that has been raised. If the association decides to boycott, taking the work may be like crossing a union picket line.
I think its time to ignore this childish man child. Let him live out his twisted 60's dream of being something he is not. OMG its hilarious having a childish rich black man who was raised by white people in a western society claim he is speaking for the blacks in the ghetto! The blacks in the ghetto are their own worst enemy being egged on by progressives claiming its whities fault that they are the way they are. If black, white, brown, yellow think they have it so bad in America by Gawd head back to your so called homeland and see what shitty society is all about! Everyone left their homelands for a reason! It sucked! Those that didn't leave by choice were sold out by their own people in their homeland so don't go blaming anyone but people from you homeland!! I have really had it with black intercity culture! Please by all means murder each other off or leave because your behavior can not and will not be tolerated in a civilized society! Police are there for a reason. Good people want them there to stop criminal minded people and do not care what color of skin the criminals are.
Which black and Latino officers from a nearby minority town might, in their own union, be very happy to do to scoop up the overtime.
I haven't heard of him whining about security. Maybe you can post a link. Godamnit I hate when I agree with you!
Yeah, they're gonna cut his black ass this week.
He is attending a Black Protestant church today in Frisco, begging for forgiveness.
Betcha they don't.
What political party are you affiliated with?
I am registered as a Republican. I have voted for the Republican Presidential candidate in every election in which I could vote, except for 1992, when I voted for Perot. I describe myself as an Independent, because the Republican Party left me long ago. I like Trump, because he is right about Russia, about trade, about illegal immigration and about the political corruption of our system. I dislike America's legacy of slavery, segregation, excuses for all of that, and police brutality. I support freedom of political speech. This football player is making a statement about what he perceives as excessive police violence aimed at blacks. I agree with them: that the police are excessively violent and that the justice system has become deranged. I would think that any decent Republican would not want the police to be out of control. This doesn't seem to be a partisan issue to me. However, one of the reason I have become more and more estranged from the Republican Party is because many Republicans I speak with, particularly on this very website, seem to be neo-Confederates, both in their eagerness to actually get into a shooting war with the Federal government, and in their eagerness to express some pretty vicious anti-black racism. Neither of those things is even remotely Republican by my lights - it was Republicans who defeated the Confederacy and brought equal rights to blacks - but more and more it seems to be the voice of the rank-and-file of the Republican Party, people who post on websites such as this (which is very Republican). I'm not going to remain affiliated with a Republican Party that is neo- Confederate, and that repeats the same stupid errors of the past. What political party are YOU affiliated with?
Good observation. -- The dude looks like hell overall. I'm amazed he was able to play as well as he did, Thursday nite. I didn't realize he just started the vegan bullshit. -- Is it true he has a radical Muslim girlfriend?
Apparently Colin and Nessa decided to turn vegan together. Published August 30, 2016 NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s conversion to social activism coincided with his romancing of a hip hop DJ of Egyptian descent who has frequently spoken about perceived racial injustices and “Islamaphobia” in the U.S. Kaepernick, 28, who has come under fire for his decision to remain seated during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner before San Francisco 49ers games, reportedly began dating Hot 97 DJ and MTV host Nessa Diab in July 2015. A few months later, his social media posts began to reflect the Black Lives Matter and Muslim activism of Diab. [...] http://theballerlife.com/2016/06/25/colin-kaepernicks-gilfriend-nessa-diab/ Saturday, June 25th, 2016 | Author: BW Staff Meet Nessa Diab, girlfriend of NFL star Colin Kaepernick. [...] In a recent video, Nessa talked about her relationship with Colin and how they both decided to turn vegan. [...] Before dating Kaepernick, Nessa was in a relationship with Kapaernick’s former San francisco 49ers teammate, Aldon Smith. According to several reports, Nessa might have been the reason for Smith and Colin’s on-field fight at 49er’s training camp last summer.
#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
Kaepernick has refused to stand for the national anthem in a protest against the plight of black people in the US.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#3. To: buckeroo (#1)
#4. To: buckeroo (#1)
His career, assuming he [had] one, is destroyed based on his own actions.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#5. To: Deckard (#2)
#6. To: Deckard (#2)
I wonder what actual veterans think.
#7. To: Gatlin (#3)
Kaepernick converted to Islam
#8. To: Vicomte13 (#6)
I don't give a shit whether Kaepernick stands or sits. It's his business. I get he's making a point. There's something to it. It doesn't bother me.
#9. To: buckeroo (#8)
He is a professional member of a major team sport's organization in the USA. His antics were unprofessional.
#10. To: Vicomte13 (#9)
His profession is as a player. He didn't sit out a play. The national anthem has nothing to do with his profession.
#11. To: buckeroo (#10)
He violated contract and requires the exclusion clause to be KICKED IN: YOU ARE OUTTA HERE!
#12. To: Vicomte13 (#11)
#13. To: buckeroo (#12)
(Edited)
The MotherFUCKER is under contract to represent his team and NFL in a professional manner. He is not professional. He is OUTTA HERE!
#14. To: Vicomte13 (#13)
#15. To: Gatlin (#5)
So Kaepernick has a First Amendment right to make an ass of himself and the police have a lawful right not to protect him from those who may disagree with him.
#16. To: buckeroo (#14)
Professional sports is not a function of individual politics or belief sytems outside of the profficient game at hand; the motherFUCKER is FIRED.
#17. To: nolu chan (#15)
(Edited)
The members of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association (SCPOA) have worked for the 49ers organization on a voluntary basis. They can choose not to volunteer.
#18. To: Vicomte13 (#16)
his bosses have not fired him.
#19. To: buckeroo (#18)
After a downturn in revenues ... FIRED is the name of the game, now.
#20. To: Vicomte13 (#17)
They can indeed choose not to volunteer. And other cops wanting the overtime will step up and volunteer to take their place.
#21. To: Gatlin (#0)
Kaepernick anthem protest: Police threaten boycott
#22. To: nolu chan (#20)
If the association decides to boycott, taking the work may be like crossing a union picket line.
#23. To: Gatlin (#5)
Good grief, let the whining little asshole pay for his own security
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#24. To: Gatlin (#5)
#25. To: buckeroo (#12)
#26. To: Logsplitter (#25)
#27. To: Logsplitter (#25)
Yeah, they're gonna cut his black ass this week.
#28. To: Vicomte13 (#27)
#29. To: buckeroo (#28)
What political party are you affiliated with?
#30. To: nolu chan, y'all (#15)
The security Kaepernick will need, if he plays, will be from the opposing defense. In addition to new philosophy, there is his new vegan diet. The dude is seriously skinny now. They need the muscle mass to take the hits.
#31. To: tpaine (#30)
I didn't realize he just started the vegan bullshit. -- Is it true he has a radical Muslim girlfriend?
Kaepernick social media posts laud Black Lives Matter, Black Panthers since dating activist DJ
FoxNews.com Colin Kaepernick’s Gilfriend Nessa Diab
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