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Input: Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice and police brutality has the Santa Clara police union saying its officers might stop working San Francisco 49ers home games. Ian Cull reports. (Published Friday, Sept. 2, 2016) 
  
 Colin Kaepernick's decision to speak out against racial injustice and police brutality, as well as direct critical words at officers across the nation, has the Santa Clara police union saying its officers might stop working San Francisco 49ers home games. 
  
 NBC Bay Area obtained a letter, penned by union members, to the San Francisco 49ers stating that if the organization does not take action against Kaepernick, "it could result in police officers choosing not to work at your facilities." 
  
 The Santa Clara Police Department is the lead police agency at Levi’s Stadium. During 49er games, around 70 officers volunteer to work and are paid as security personnel. Now it is unknown whether more than half of those officers will show up at the team's next game on Sept. 12. 
  
 "I'm already hearing it this week that next week on Monday Night Football, some officers are not going to work," said Frank Saunders, president of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association. 
  
 According to the union, about one-third of the officers who work during 49ers games are from other Bay Area law enforcement departments. If Santa Clara's police officers refuse to work, others officers might be hired. But, Saunders said, that may create a conflict with the city’s contract with the police union. 
  
 Santa Clara Police Union Threatens Boycott of 49ers Games Over Kaepernick Protest 
  
 Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice and police brutality has the Santa Clara police union saying that its officers might stop working San Francisco 49ers home games. Ian Cull reports. (Published Friday, Sept. 2, 2016) 
  
 Although disheartened and angered by Kaepernick's remarks, Santa Clara Police Department Chief Michael Sellers called for his officers to put the community's safety above potential boycotts in a statement issued Saturday. 
  
 "The safety of our community is our highest priority," Sellers wrote. "I will urge the POA leadership to put the safety of our citizens first. I will work with both sides to find a solution. In the meantime, I will ensure we continue to provide a safe environment at Levi's Stadium." 
  
 Sellers added that he respects Kaepernick's right to voice an opinion and encourages his officers to protect those constitutional rights for every citizen, even if they disagree. 
  
 Santa Clara Police Chief Calls for Safety First at Levi's Stadium 
  
 Although disheartened and angered by Kaepernick's remarks, Santa Clara Police Department Chief Michael Sellers called for his officers to put the community's safety above potential boycotts in a statement issued Saturday. Laura Malpert reports. (Published Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016) 
  
 Officers are angered by Kaepernick's comments about police brutality and accusations that officers "murder minorities." They are also frustrated by the San Francisco quarterback's decision to wear socks during practice that depict pigs in police uniforms, according to the association. 
  
 "The 49ers are allowing this to come out from an employee and it's making for a hostile work environment for us at the stadium," Saunders said. 
  
 The union's letter also stated that its board of directors have "a duty to protect its members and work to make all of their workings environments free of harassing behavior." 
  
 The San Francisco 49ers organization reiterated Friday night that it stands behind its previous statements and respects Kaepernick's right to freedom of expression. 
  
 In a statement made immediately following reports of Kaepernick's decision to sit down during the playing of the national anthem before San Francisco preseason game against Green Bay last week, the franchise said, "In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem." 
  
 But Saunders wants the team to treat the quarterback like any company would treat an employee. 
  
 "It was a totality of all those circumstances that we felt, 'Let's go talk to the 49ers. Let's have them go deal with" Kaepernick, he said. 
  
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 Kaepernick’s decision not to stand has triggered a firestorm of comments on social media, in the Bay Area and across the nation. Local police agencies invited Kaepernick over to see their work in action, while many of the quarterback’s colleagues in the NFL said they disagree with his decision not to stand — though some of said they support him. 
  
 Some American military veterans, many of them black, came to his defense online, using the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick to indicate that they supported his right to express himself. And Kaepernick pledged to donate $1 million to as-yet unnamed community organizations. 
  
 NBC Bay Area's Brendan Weber contributed to this report. 
  
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 Colin Kaepernick (Photo: Orlando Jorge Ramire, USA TODAY Sports) 
  
 The police chief for the agency that patrols San Francisco 49ers' Levi’s Stadium urged the police union upset over quarterback Colin Kaepernick's actions to back away from their boycott threat on Saturday. 
  
 Chief Michael J. Sellers didn’t specifically say that his officers would work 49ers home games, according to a statement sent to USA TODAY Sports on Saturday. Sellers, however, did say there would be no security concerns. 
  
 “I will urge the (Santa Clara Police Officers' Association) leadership to put the safety of our citizens first,” Sellers said. “I will work with both sides to find a solution. In the meantime, I will ensure we continue to provide a safe environment at Levi’s Stadium.” 
  
 The Santa Clara Police Officers' Association threatened its officers could chose not to work security details at Levi’s Stadium and 49ers headquarters in response to Kaepernick's pregame protest of not standing for the national anthem, his comments about police brutality and his controversial choice of socks. The letter penned by the police union was sent to the 49ers on Friday. 
  
 “Many of us in the law enforcement community have been saddened and angered by Kaepernick's words and actions,” Sellers said. “His blanket statements disparaging the law enforcement profession are hurtful and do not help bring the country together. As distasteful as his actions are, these actions are protected by the Constitution. Police officers are here to protect the rights of every person, even if we disagree with their position." 
  
 Reached vie email on Saturday, interim police union president Frank Saunders referred all questions back to the letter sent to the 49ers. NBC Bay Area was the first outlet to report on the union's letter on Friday. 
  
 About 70 Santa Clara police officers staff home games. 
  
 The 49ers are scheduled to open the season at Levi's Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, Sept. 12, as part of a national television doubleheader. 
  
 Niners safety Eric Reid, who joined Kaepernick by taking a knee during the national anthem before Thursday night’s game in San Deigo, took aim at police brutality, posting a video on Twitter on Saturday of a student at a South Carolina high school being forcefully removed from her desk by an officer last year. 
  
 This is the behavior by officers that we're bringing awareness to. Once again, no charges. https://t.co/WOB8Hlnb6T — Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) September 3, 2016 
  
 Reid followed that with this tweet: “Some have eyes but do not see & ears but do not hear,” Reid wrote. “Nothing justifies what happened in that video. He is an officer & she is a child.” 
  
 Kaepernick was photographed Wednesday wearing socks that displayed cartoon pigs wearing police hats. He said he has worn them before, but this time the socks grabbed national attention, coming just five days after it also became known that he has chosen to sit during the national anthem before 49ers’ games. 
  
 The socks — along with Kaepernick's comments on police brutality — were mentioned in the letter. 
  
 "It was learned by the members of the SCPOA that the 49er organization has been allowing Mr. Kaepernick to wear exposed socks with the image of a pig wearing a police hat during practices at the training camp in Santa Clara," the union said in the letter. "Photos of Mr. Kaepernick wearing these socks with the derogatory image have been broadcast nationally." 
  
 The 49ers, according to NBC Bay Area's report, said Friday they continue to stand behind the statement they first made when Kaepernick’s protest was first publicized. 
  
 In that statement, the team said, "In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem." |||||
Output:
If Colin Kaepernick is going to continue boycotting the national anthem in protest of police brutality, then the police might just boycott the San Francisco 49ers in protest of Colin Kaepernick. NBC Bay Area reports the Santa Clara police union has threatened to stop providing security for 49ers games unless the team forces its quarterback to get in line. About 70 Santa Clara police officers currently work as paid security at Levi Stadium. "The 49ers are allowing this to come out from an employee and it's making for a hostile work environment for us at the stadium," the police union's president says. Later, Santa Clara's chief of police urged the union to reconsider its boycott, asking members to "put the safety of our citizens first," USA Today reports. Kaepernick made headlines when he refused to stand for the national anthem in protest against police brutality and injustice. The Santa Clara police union is specifically upset that he said officers "murder minorities" and wore socks showing pigs dressed as police, which the union calls "derogatory." Kaepernick has been joined in his protest of the national anthem by at least two other NFL players and has promised to donate $1 million to community organizations, Fox News reports. The 49ers organization repeated Friday its support for Kaepernick's right to protest as an "American principle." The 49ers' next home game is a nationally televised Monday night contest Sept. 12. It's estimated more than half the officers who typically provide security may not show up.