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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepeick says he has been wearing socks depicting police officers as pigs in protest of “rogue cops” who put the community and other officers at risk. Kaepeick issued a statement on Twitter on Thursday after photos began circulating on social media of him wearing the socks that show a pig dressed in a police hat. The photos were taken earlier in training camp before Kaepeick’s refusal to stand during the national anthem as a form of protest became public. “I wore these socks, in the past, because the rogue cops that are allowed to hold positions in police departments, not only put the community in danger, but also put the cops that...

Some of us remember when the words “respectfully disagree” worked together. Colin Kaepeick shouldn’t get attached to that concept. Instead, he is immediately and maybe permanently known as the “guaranteed $61 million quarterback” who did not stand for the Star-Spangled Baer or the flag before last weekend’s San Francisco-Green Bay exhibition game, as if his salary and his profession barred him for having opinions. Stick to sports, they say, although they wouldn’t tell Ronald Reagan or Al Franken to stick to entertainment, or Donald Trump to stick to real estate, or Bono to stick with the name of love. In fact, the knee-jerk critique of Kaepeick goes right along with the dehumanization of ev...