NYPD cops stand up for Kaep

[Professor Emeritus]

Honestly, if this catches on, THIS is what will get Kaep a chance in the league. A few more departments do this, and the hate will die down to manageable levels. "How can you hate on what he has to say when even cops are supporting him?" is a strong card to play.

Any of ya'all got relatives or homies on the force, get on their ass to get some of their brehs together and make a statement.

And fukk dat if you complain they gonna catch feelings from their colleagues - someone needs to stand up sooner or later.

NEW YORK -- A former New York City police officer, whose claims of police corruption in the 1970s were chronicled in an Al Pacino movie, joined dozens of current and former officers Saturday at a rally in support of getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the NFL.

Kaepernick, the former starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, became a controversial figure last year after he refused to stand for the national anthem in what he called a protest against oppression of people of color.

He opted out of his contract in March and became a free agent, but so far no NFL teams have signed him for the upcoming season.

The gathering in Brooklyn featured about 75 mostly minority officers wearing black T-shirts reading "#imwithkap."

One exception was retired officer Frank Serpico, whose exploits were featured in the 1973 film "Serpico."

He admitted to not being a football fan but said he felt it was important to support Kaepernick for his stance.

"He's trying to hold up this government, up to our founding fathers," said Serpico, 81.

Sgt. Edwin Raymond, who said he was heading to work after the rally, spoke of the need for racial healing in the country.

"Until racism in America is no longer taboo, we own up to it, we admit it, we understand it and then we do what we have to do to solve it. Unfortunately we're going to have these issues," he said.

Serpico, others from NYPD, rally for Kaepernick

 

[fact]

I saw that headline on the scroll on my tv and was genuinely like
Then I tried to explain to my wife what was going on, and I'm high as fukk, and the whole thing was confusing as fukk because I was caught off gaurd by the whole thing.

 

[Biscayne]

Amazing....



But these brothers are probably considered traitors by those within the force, and by those on the right.

 

[CourtesyFlush]

Who would have thought Kaep would start such a movement. Cheers to the man

 

[inndaskKy]

They support Kaep but they also support the police force that is shooting down unarmed innocent black men and not taking responsibility for it.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

They support Kaep but they also support the police force that is shooting down unarmed innocent black men and not taking responsibility for it.

What do you mean by that exactly?

If you just mean them being cops, well I'd rather have brothers on the force than no brothers on the force.

I took their statement as a first step in saying that the police DO need to take responsibility for it. Yeah, a hell of a lot more needs to be done, but actual police officers standing up and saying they support Kaep is a first step.

 

[Tical]

 

[JLova]

And there it is... Racism still alive and well. It seems to get activated when white people get mad.

 

[b. woods]

Sickening

 

[malbaker86]

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

There's nothing to think on. The majority of the cops in the pic are black. In a weird way the blue lives matter "movement" didn't really apply to them in the first place..

 

[JLova]

Black folk have been told to:

Get over slavery
Get over oppression
Get over wage gap
Get over police brutality
Get over systemic racism
Get over the KKK,nazis and other hate groups
Get over everything. Just "come together" and all will be fine.


But these same people can't seem to get over:
OJ
Obama's birth certificate
Statues of slave owners
Mike Vick
Not standing for the anthem
Hillary

They are way too quick to tell you to get over 100s of years of rape and murder at the hands of their ancestors but then can't seem to understand why people feel some type of way about statues for those same ancestors.

Slavery is like 9/11 on a trillion. Now let me walk up to some white people and tell them to get over 9/11.

I'm glad all of this is happening because some people need a wake up call and it's not just white folk.

 

[mvp_status]

lmao oh shyt, my big bro made the coli

 

[Exit9NJturnpike]

lol just check the comments on Yahoo, these cac's are losing their minds

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

They support Kaep but they also support the police force that is shooting down unarmed innocent black men and not taking responsibility for it.

Exactly. I ain't giving these dudes much credit.

If there are so much of these "good cops" why don't we get any reports about internal division in these departments