{"id":6243,"date":"2016-09-22T07:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2022-07-02T10:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T18:49:20","slug":"kaepernick-and-police-unions-poles-apart-on-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/6243\/kaepernick-and-police-unions-poles-apart-on-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaepernick and Police Unions Poles Apart on Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6240\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6240\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2016\/09\/anti-Trump-cartoon-500x327.jpg\" alt=\"Cartoon by Bruce Plante.\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2016\/09\/anti-Trump-cartoon.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2016\/09\/anti-Trump-cartoon-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cartoon by Bruce Plante.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 22, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Everyone now knows that San Francisco 49ers quarterback took a knee instead of standing during the national anthem before a game was played as a protest against racism in America and the police killings of blacks.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, critics turned his protest into disrespect of the flag and of veterans. \u00a0This, of course, is nonsense. \u00a0The America flag symbolizes many things and certainly among them is the right and, indeed, the duty to protest injustice. \u00a0And black veterans should remember the history of racism in the military. \u00a0In fact, it took over 50 years and a presidential order before the U.S. Army reviewed their records in order to award Medals of Honor to black\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Military_history_of_African_Americans#Medal_of_Honor_recipients\">soldiers<\/a>. In 1948, President Truman signed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Order_9981\">Executive Order 9981<\/a>, officially ending segregation and racial inequality in the military. \u00a0Is there still racism in the military today? \u00a0Ask an African-American now serving in the army, air force, navy, or marines.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of acknowledging the rightness of Kaepernick&#8217;s protest, the San Francisco Police Officers Association (POA) went into attack mode. \u00a0In a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/17418050\/san-francisco-police-union-president-rips-colin-kaepernick\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and 49ers CEO Jed York, the POA denounced Kaepernick&#8217;s &#8220;ill-advised&#8221; statements and a &#8220;naivet\u00e9&#8221; and &#8220;total lack of sensitivity&#8221; toward police, along with an &#8220;incredible lack of knowledge&#8221; about officer-involved shootings. \u00a0The POA letter failed to note the notches already on San Francisco police gun belts &#8212;\u00a0<em>e.g.<\/em>,\u00a0the police shootings of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Alex_Nieto\">Alex Nieto<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190121133958\/http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/second-autopsy-affirms-guatemalan-immigrant-shot-back-police\/\">Amilcar Perez-Lopez<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/crime\/article\/Video-shows-San-Francisco-police-shooting-7237146.php\">Luis Gongora<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20181209033929\/http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/sfpd-responding-officer-involved-shooting-bayview\/\">Jessica Williams<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190305192421\/http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/mario-woods-killing-two-of-five-officers-involved-previously-accused-of-excessive-force\/\">Mario Woods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then on September 16, 2016, the National Fraternal Order of Police (NFOP), the country&#8217;s largest law enforcement union, announced it would endorse\u00a0Republican Donald Trump for president, who\u00a0has a long history of saying and doing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83\">racist<\/a>\u00a0things and has won the support and praise of the country\u2019s white\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-white-supremacist-sec-primary_us_56cf4437e4b0bf0dab31222f\">supremacists<\/a>.\u00a0By endorsing Trump, the\u00a0NFOP is in effect endorsing racism, the continuation of the\u00a0<em>status quo<\/em>\u00a0instead of reform.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, many of our police continue to be oblivious to the need for more action for change. \u00a0Instead of criticizing Colin Kaepernick, he should be praised for rebooting the discussion about endemic racism in America and the needless police killings of blacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immediately, critics turned Kaepernick&#8217;s protest into disrespect of the flag and of veterans.  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