The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback described the police as a 'white supremacist institution'.
and warned young black people were growing up scared of police forces due to decades of racial profiling.
Kaepernick has been a prominent figure of the Black Lives Matter movement, since he first protested against police brutality and racial discrimination by kneeling during the national anthem ahead of NFL games in 2016. His decision to kneel transformed him into a global icon, but split public opinion in the U.S. and contributed to him being ostracized by the league.
The former Nevada alumnus has not played football since becoming a free agent at the end of the 2016 season and last year reached a settlement with the NFL, after filing a lawsuit accusing the 32 franchise owners to collude to keep him out of football., after the former 49er moved a workout the NFL had organized a month earlier.
Colin Kaepernick looks on during his NFL workout held at Charles R Drew high school on November 16, 2019 in Riverdale, Georgia. The former 49ers quarterback has called for police to be abolished.
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