Thread: Dale, your son was shot in the eye by Denver police. As it turns out, the Denver Broncos donated $200,000 to a group that supplied them with protective riot gear.
Almost 2 years ago, Von Miller and John Elway’s Denver Broncos, donated $200,000 to a group that supplies tactical vests and military grade helmets to law enforcement agencies, including the Denver police. denverbroncos.com/news/von-mille…
Denver Police thanked the Denver Broncos-backed Shield 616 for the protective gear.
Denver Police have been wearing the gear as they have been actively harassing protesters, shooting rubber bullets at them, and attacking an elderly man in a wheelchair crossing the street.
The founder of Shield 616, Jake Skifstad, told a church that events at Ferguson “unleashed hostility directed at law enforcement and it’s still continuing to this day.”
The founder, Jake Skifstaf, regularly Tweets common police non-accountability phrases and retweeted praise of Donald Trump.
The Denver Broncos boasted about the $200,000 donation for protective gear which is now being worn in actions against anti-police brutality protesters. Pro-police publications covered the donation positively.
Chris Brown, who works at Shield 616, was disappointed NFL players were kneeling and wanted to just watch them play. He said he was happy the Broncos would be standing behind them now and not kneeling.
At the time, the Denver Broncos stated the donation of protective police gear, which is now being used in the #GeorgeFloyd protests, were going to “improve law enforcement relations.”
The Broncos organization hosted law enforcement at practices and gifted them with protective gear which basically upgrades a regular cop with SWAT gear.
Tons of thin blue line American flags, a universal sign of police solidarity for non-accountability.
John Elway, President of the Denver Broncos, posed with thin blue line flags, law enforcement, and Shield 616 representatives.
Von Miller, who kneeled during the anthem alongside Brandon Marshall in 2017, was now hugging sheriffs in Texas and supplying cops with protective gear.
Afterwards it was reported that “Von Miller loses an endorsement deal after kneeling for anthem”
sports.yahoo.com/von-miller-los…
John Elway publically took a stand against kneeling and later offered a pathetic, debunked excuse for not signing Colin Kaepernick when the Broncos’ QB needs were dire. bleacherreport.com/articles/27353…
This event with Shield 616 communicated to the public that the Denver Broncos were back in the good graces of law enforcement and all the kneeling had stopped.
The Shield616 twitter account liked a tweet when Prime Time Sports decided to boycott Nike to protest their ad featuring Colin Kaepernick.
Shield 616 liked an ICE tweet calling undocumented migrants “illegal aliens.”
Shield 616 also like a tweet from Melania Trump and a tweets saying women don’t have to make their gender a “a thing.”
Shield616 holds events at churches, and has churches raise money for protective police gear used in SWAT and riot situations. Children are encouraged to try on the gear.
Even though Shield616 employees view Ferguson protests and NFL kneelers in a negative light, they have no problem posting an MLK quote.
With many calling for #DefundThePolice, let it be known that the Denver Broncos funded the Denver Police when they teargassed a car with a pregnant women inside, and shoot more teargas when her partner complained.
Let it be known the #Denver Broncos funded the police who shot paintballs and tear gas at protesters shouting “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” #GeorgeFloyd
Let it be known that the Denver Broncos funded the police who repeatedly shot kneeling protesters with rubber bullets and tear gas in Denver.
Let it be known that the Denver Broncos bought the police riot gear they could wear as you see them push this photographer into a fire.
John Elway’s Denver Broncos supplied gear to Denver police who are shooting rubber bullets at peaceful #GeorgeFloyd protestors.
Let it be known, the Denver Broncos supplied the Denver cops who shot Dale Murphy’s son and others in the eyes with rubber bullets. https://t.co/x373lNhzf2
Today, the Broncos tweeted “there is no place for racism of discrimination of any kind” yet they banned Colin Kaepernick and funded the police who brutalize Black folks all across the country. https://t.co/LYDY5RCWRf
Today, the Denver Broncos are retweeting their players. Let the Denver Broncos players know the teams funds the police. https://t.co/jLUiCX2KSp
The Denver Broncos are seen here holding custom #thinblueline flags embedded with a Broncos players’ jersey number.
“Thin blue line” flags stand for police non-accountability and that blue wall of silence that prevents arrests and prosecutions of police brutality.
A few months before this event, John Elway disingenuously tried to insinuate that he offered Colin Kaepernick a contract during post-kneeling protest.
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