FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy Seals Museum in Florida.
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The Navy said in a statement posted on Twitter that officials became aware of the video on Sunday.
Kaepernick is a former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began kneeling during the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” before games to protest social injustice and police brutality. He played his final NFL game in January 2017. He offered support to those protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers in May, and the NFL’s commissioner has apologized for not listening earlier to players’ concerns about social injustice.
Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce used “Colin Kaepernick stand-in" for K-9 demonstration at fundraiser last year #BecauseFlorida https://t.co/COHFCeJ3GN pic.twitter.com/EpcELHxrSe
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) August 2, 2020
The videos show four dogs attacking a man, who is wearing a red Kaepernick football jersey over heavily padded gear as people stand nearby watching. In a second video, the man is laying on the ground when he’s approached by men wearing fatigues and holding rifles, saying, “On your belly.” The man replies, “Oh, man, I will stand,” as he rolls over, followed by laughing from the crowd.
The videos were apparently posted on Instagram last year and resurfaced over the weekend.
“The inherent message of this video is completely inconsistent with the values and ethos of Naval Special Warfare and the U.S. Navy,” the statement said.
The Navy said the “initial indications” are that no active duty personnel or equipment were used in the demonstration at the “independent organization’s event.”
The Navy Seals Museum is located in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is north of West Palm Beach on the state’s Atlantic Coast.
These men are patriots that have given their lives to protect the United state’s. Hatred of this football player is about his disrespect and hatred of America than his color
Don’t you miss the days when America was great, and patriotic dogs were free to attack the slaves? Ahh, that was so much fun.
While trump pushes his ugly racist narrative, the Navy, which has the longest tradition of Black sailors in an integated US military, will absolutely not tolerate this kind of garbage. Not everybody is a racist who tolerates german shepherd dogs attacking people of another race. Shades of auschwitz…
this is so not a issue of color its about America
the US navy just Graduated a Black Female Strike Pilot its about respect honor and courage the opposite of this fellow and all of the ALT world
Interesting how the ‘frum’ defenders of maga racism post incoherent, nearly illiterate comments. Explains a lot. And as ‘frum’ Yidden, are they ‘patriotic’ about America or just supporting trump because of his hate speech, fascism and racism?
The Navy is in indiscipline. You will recall the President pardoned a Navy murderer and reinstated him. The former Governor of Missouri is in the news. He had to resign because of sex crimes. They Navy drummed him out of the reserves. The Administration just today ordered him back on the roster.
The Navy is not run but its officers at this point. It is run by politicians.
Eisenhower had an affair with his secretary, just purge the best and brightest because of none of your business. Also look at a picture of Petraeus next to his wife and you’ll know why he cheated.