NEW YORK -- Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick visited inmates held at New York’s Rikers Island on Thursday, December 14 “to share a message of hope and inspiration,” according to New York City Department of Corrections spokesman Peter Thorne. Eric Phillips, a spokesman for the mayor’s office, said Kaepernick
Rikers Island Guards Throw Shade at Colin Kaepernick’s Visit to Notorious Jail
It would seem that a place like Rikers Island could use its famous visitor’s message of hope. But Colin Kaepernick’s recent visit didn’t sit well with Rikers correctional officers. They complained that someone of Kaepernick’s “ilk” sends the wrong message to the jail’s 11,000 inmates.