Nonprofit is offering Kaepernick support
A New York-based organization that works with parolees trying to get back into the workforce has organized a show of solidarity for free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, which will take place at 5 p.m. EST Wednesday at NFL headquarters in New York.
Kevin Livingston, the president of 100 Suits for 100 Men, the nonprofit to which Kaepernick recently donated about 50 suits in order to help parolees on job interviews, organized the movement after meeting Kaepernick last month.
“He stood up for us. It’s only right that he took our issues in our communities and brought it to a national level and sacrificed salary and being ostracized by the NFL,” Livingston told ESPN on Monday. “It was only right that we stand up for him. I started this, literally, when he came to my office — I was moved. I work with parolees. People usually want to ostracize this particular population.”
Among the scheduled speakers at Wednesday's events around the country are former NBA player Etan Thomas, New York State Sen. James Sanders Jr., rapper Rah Digga, and Emerald Garner, a daughter of Eric Garner, whose death in 2014 during a police incident sparked demonstrations against police brutality.
Kaepernick spent the past year speaking about social issues and police brutality, and he protested prior to 49ers games last season by kneeling during the national anthem. Elam arrested: Free-agent safety Matt Elam was arrested Monday in Delray Beach, Fla., on charges of grand theft and battery, according to Palm Beach County online records.
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