The president of the union that represents members of the Broward County sheriff's department is urging deputies not to escort the team at the Miami Dolphins' home game next week unless players end their protest by kneeling during the national anthem.
"We've asked the deputies and the Broward Sheriff's Office not to do the details anymore," Jeffery Bell, the president of the International Union of Police Associations, Local 6020, told the Miami Herald.
Arian Foster and three other Dolphins players took up the protest started by Colin Kaepernick, electing to take a knee in their season opener. The Dolphins' 2016 home opener is next Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.
"I respect their right to have freedom of speech," Bell said. "However, in certain organizations and certain jobs you give up that right of your freedom of speech temporary while you serve that job or while you play in an NFL game."
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