Colin Kaepernick’s protest has been dominating the news and social media discussion. He stood against police brutality and racial injustice. He has also directly targeted police with words.
Of course, some police officers don’t like this and in response the Santa Clara police union have been saying that its officers might stop working at the San Francisco 49ers home games!
My personal response is F*&K them! Seriously, they have a job to do, whether their feelings are hurt or not. However, I guess there is some give and take because they are a “paid” personnel, working out of hours.
Union members penned a letter to the 49ers that stated “it could result in police officers choosing not to work at your facilities.”
NBC reported:
The Santa Clara Police Department is the lead police agency at Levi’s Stadium. During 49er games, around 70 officers volunteer to work and are paid as security personnel. Now it is unknown whether more than half of those officers will show up at the team’s next game on Sept. 12.
“I’m already hearing it this week that next week on Monday Night Football, some officers are not going to work,” said Frank Saunders, president of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association.
According to the union, about one-third of the officers who work during 49ers games are from other Bay Area law enforcement departments. If Santa Clara’s police officers refuse to work, others officers might be hired. But, Saunders said, that may create a conflict with the city’s contract with the police union.
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What do you think?
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