NFL's Kaepernick Compares Cops to Fugitive Slave Patrols
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick compared police officers to fugitive slave patrolmen after a Minnesota officer was acquitted in the shooting death of a black motorist.
Kaepernick tweeted his displeasure with the verdict, with a graphic reading "You can't ignore your history - always remember who they are."
Between the lines, a police badge is shown side-by-side with a "fugitive slave patrol" badge.
Colin Kaepernick
✔@Kaepernick7
A system that perpetually condones the killing of people, without consequence, doesn't need to be revised, it needs to be dismantled!
5:48 PM - 16 Jun 2017
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick compared police officers to fugitive slave patrolmen after a Minnesota officer was acquitted in the shooting death of a black motorist.
Kaepernick tweeted his displeasure with the verdict, with a graphic reading "You can't ignore your history - always remember who they are."
Between the lines, a police badge is shown side-by-side with a "fugitive slave patrol" badge.
Colin Kaepernick
✔@Kaepernick7
A system that perpetually condones the killing of people, without consequence, doesn't need to be revised, it needs to be dismantled!
5:48 PM - 16 Jun 2017
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