Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers attempts a pass against the Seattle Seahawks during their National Football League game at Levi’s Stadium on October 22, 2015 in Santa Clara, California.
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“I’m already hearing it this week that next week on ‘Monday Night Football, ‘ some officers are not going to work”, Frank Saunders, president of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association, said via NBC.
Police in Santa Clara, Calif., have threatened to stop securing Levi’s Stadium during games as long as quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to protest during the national anthem, NBC Bay Area reports.
It adds that the union leadership has a duty to protect its members from harassment.
Kaepernick cited police brutality against minorities as a reason for his protest in which he did not stand for the “Star-Spangled Banner” prior to the 49ers preseason game against the Green Bay Packers last Friday.
Reid said he and Kaepernick talked for multiple days about making sure that message isn t lost amid an anthem protest, which they hoped to accomplish by kneeling rather than sitting.
The quarterback has refused to stand for the anthem at the team’s preseason games, most recently taking a knee a game in San Diego on Thursday night, to some boos from the crowd.
Kaepernick’s decision to sit for the national anthem and to wear socks in practice depicting pigs as cops has drawn much scrutiny from the Santa Clara officers.
I ve had conversations with people They really do understand what I m trying to do, and who I m trying to help.
Despite the furore caused by the Milwaukee-born footballer he has vowed to continue his protest, and his teammate Eric Reid joined him in their game versus the San Diego Chargers.
Some American military veterans, many of them black, came to his defense online, using the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick to indicate that they supported his right to express himself.
Boyer, who competed for a job on the Seahawks past year, wrote an open letter in The Army Times earlier this week to Kaepernick about his decision not to stand during the anthem.
As part of his six-year, 4,000,000 deal with the 49ers, Kaepernick’s base salary this year is $11.9 million dollars.
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Throughout this eventful week, Kaepernick has maintained he supports the military and people who fight to defend the freedoms of the United States while continuing to speak out on an issue he feels isn’t getting the necessary attention it needs to be fixed.
