San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being criticized by law enforcement for donning a pair of pig police officer socks as practice apparel.
The socks show cartoon images of pigs wearing police officer hats. While the socks are just now receiving attention, the 49ers quarterback first wore them to practice on Aug. 10, and has since worn to practice at least twice since, according to CSN Bay Area.
Both Kaepernick’s socks and the NFL were criticized by Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations.
Johnson says that he can’t fathom why such socks are allowed while the Dallas Cowboys were denied by the NFL in July from wearing a decal on their helmets to honor police officers slain in the Dallas police shootings.
“It’s just ridiculous that the same league that prohibits the Dallas (Cowboys) football club from honoring the slain officers in their community with their uniforms stands silent when Kaepernick is dishonoring police officers with what he’s wearing on the field,” Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations told USA TODAY Sports.
