{"id":8455,"date":"2018-04-25T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2018-04-25T20:04:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:04:31","slug":"colin-kaepernick-condemns-the-criminal-justice-system-while-accepting-amnesty-internationals-highest-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/25\/colin-kaepernick-condemns-the-criminal-justice-system-while-accepting-amnesty-internationals-highest-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Kaepernick Condemns the Criminal Justice System While Accepting Amnesty International&#8217;s Highest Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col article-offsets\" data-component=\"Col\">\n<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"hed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-responsive-image-img\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/59c042b1dd4f5b1c36198864\/1:1\/w_50,c_limit\/82_Luke_Darby-gray.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Luke Darby\" \/><\/h1>\n<div class=\"byline-container\">\n<div class=\"component-byline byline display-name\">\n<div class=\"byline-item author-list\">\n<div class=\"byline-name\"><label class=\"byline-label\">BY\u00a0<\/label><a class=\"byline-contributor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/contributor\/luke-darby\" rel=\"author\">LUKE DARBY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>April 22, 2018 (GQ.com)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"component-social-share social-share-article-heading closed\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"SocialShare\">\n<div class=\"share-item email\" role=\"listitem\" data-component=\"email\" data-href=\"mailto:?subject=Colin%20Kaepernick%20Condemns%20the%20Criminal%20Justice%20System%20While%20Accepting%20Amnesty%20International's%20Highest%20Honor%20%7C%20GQ&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq.com%2Fstory%2Fkaepernick-condemns-criminal-justice-amnesty-international\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-content\" data-component=\"Col\">\n<figure class=\"lede-image-container\">\n<div class=\"lede-image\">\n<div class=\"component-responsive-image\" data-component=\"ResponsiveImage\"><picture class=\"component-responsive-image-picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_800\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_560\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_640\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_480\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 640px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_640\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-responsive-image-img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gq.com\/photos\/5adcde042fe6d07ee31257ee\/3:2\/w_560\/GettyImages-885047880.jpg\" alt=\"ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill Of Rights Dinner - Red Carpet\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"component-social-share social-share-lede-image closed\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"SocialShare\">\n<div class=\"share-item facebook\" role=\"listitem\" data-component=\"facebook\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gq.com%2Fstory%2Fkaepernick-condemns-criminal-justice-amnesty-international&amp;t=Colin%20Kaepernick%20Condemns%20the%20Criminal%20Justice%20System%20While%20Accepting%20Amnesty%20International's%20Highest%20Honor%20%7C%20GQ\"><em>Photo by MATT WINKELMEYER<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"dek\">Kaepernick is the latest recipient of the Ambassador of Conscience Award, joining Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed p\">\n<p>Since being named\u00a0<em>GQ<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/colin-kaepernick-will-not-be-silenced\">Citizen of the Year<\/a>, Colin Kaepernick has received\u00a0<em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/sportsperson\/2017\/11\/30\/colin-kaepernick-muhammad-ali-legacy-award\">Muhammed Ali Legacy Award<\/a>\u00a0and the<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/colin-kaepernick-accepts-aclu-award-obligation\/story?id=51604867\">Eason More Courageous Advocate Award<\/a>\u00a0from the ACLU. Now, Amnesty International has awarded Kaepernick with highest distinction the organization has, the Ambassador of Conscience Award.<\/p>\n<p>In the announcement naming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/nfl-cant-stop-colin-kaepernick-protest\">Kaepernick<\/a>\u00a0this year&#8217;s winner, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International, wrote, &#8220;Just like the Ambassadors of Conscience before him, Colin Kaepernick chooses to speak out and inspire others despite the professional and personal risks. When high profile people choose to take a stand for human rights, it emboldens many others in their struggles against injustice. Colin Kaepernick\u2019s commitment is all the more remarkable because of the alarming levels of vitriol it has attracted from those in power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kaepernick accepted the award\u2014which has gone previously to Belafonte, artist and activist Ai Weiwei, Malala Yousafzai, and Nelson Mandela\u2014on Saturday, where he delivered remarks condemning the brutality committed against minorities by the U.S. criminal justice system. Per the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/early-lead\/wp\/2018\/04\/21\/colin-kaepernick-decries-lawful-lynchings-while-accepting-amnesty-internationals-highest-honor\/?utm_term=.a311332e262a\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHow can you stand for the national anthem of a nation that preaches and propagates, \u2018freedom and justice for all,\u2019 that is so unjust to so many of the people living there?\u201d Kaepernick, 30, said at Saturday\u2019s ceremony. \u201cRacialized oppression and dehumanization is woven into the very fabric of our nation \u2014 the effects of which can be seen in the lawful lynching of black and brown people by the police, and the mass incarceration of black and brown lives in the prison industrial complex.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just as Shetty wrote, this weekend the\u00a0<em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>\u00a0B-team weighed in on Kaepernick&#8217;s award and speech,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxandfriends\/status\/988014552280371203\">condemning him<\/a>\u00a0for going overseas to insult the U.S. to a bunch of &#8220;globalists who don&#8217;t love America anyway&#8221; (presumably referring to Amnesty International) and suggesting that if Kaepernick is troubled by the indiscriminate and routinely unpunished murder of black people by police, then he should move to another country. It&#8217;s safe to expect equally thoughtful commentary from the show&#8217;s regular couch-warmers this week.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kaepernick has completed his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/colin-kaepernick-million-dollar-pledge\">promised $1 million in donations<\/a>\u00a0despite being blackballed by the NFL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY\u00a0LUKE DARBY April 22, 2018 (GQ.com) Photo by MATT WINKELMEYER Kaepernick is the latest recipient of the Ambassador of Conscience Award, joining Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. Since being named\u00a0GQ&#8216;s\u00a0Citizen of the Year, Colin Kaepernick has received\u00a0Sports Illustrated&#8216;s\u00a0Muhammed Ali Legacy Award\u00a0and theEason More Courageous Advocate Award\u00a0from the ACLU. 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