By admin – October 21, 2017
Paul Washington is on the bottom row, 5th from the right. Photo :FDNY
By Ron Howell
Colin Kaepernick is known nationwide for taking a stand – better said, taking a knee – for racial justice. He suffered the consequences of his bold action all alone. No football team hired the young quarterback. Right-wingers complained he had disrespected the sport and the nation.
But in recent weeks, Black athletes and others have joined arms in growing numbers to support Kaepernick. They have knelt during the singing of the National Anthem as he did, showing him the support that is surely giving comfort to the angels of the Civil Rights Movement.
Paul Washington
Right here in Bedford-Stuyvesant, there is a man who some would call their own Colin Kaepernick. His name is Paul Washington and he is a captain in the New York City Fire Department.
Washington said he received a phone call on Tuesday, October 17, telling him he’s being investigated by the Fire Department, which is angry about a speech he gave to minority college students this past March at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He was trying to encourage youngsters to take the test to become firefighters.
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