Arkansas police department made inmates wear Nike shirts for mugshots
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Activist (and former Daily Kos staff writer) Shaun King has uncovered a nasty bit of racism in Arkansas, where the Union County Sheriff’s Department apparently forced inmates to wear a Nike shirt while their mugshots were taken, an effort to mock Nike’s dArkansas police department made inmates wear Nike shirts for mugshots
Activist (and former Daily Kos staff writer) Shaun King has uncovered a nasty bit of racism in Arkansas, where the Union County Sheriff’s Department apparently forced inmates to wear a Nike shirt while their mugshots were taken, an effort to mock Nike’s deal with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernik because of his decision to protest police brutality and systemic racism in America by taking a knee during the national anthem. xThe Sheriff in Union County, Arkansas is putting Nike t-shirts on people they arrest and making them wear them during mugshots.Source says it is to mock Nike and Colin Kaepernick. Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/9z9Nw9hxuFâ Shaun King (@shaunking) October 11, 2018 Once Shaun’s tweet started going viral, local news in Arkansas tried to follow-up and within an hour, the photos went missing from the sheriff’s department website. Read more