Colin Kaepernick’s activism is being celebrated in a mural and on billboards throughout Tampa ahead of Super Bowl LV.
It’s all part of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback’s partnership with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Their goal is to raise awareness about police violence and systemic racism against Black and brown people, the issues that prompted Kaepernick to kneel during the National Anthem played before the 49ers’ NFL games and what led to him being ostracized from the league.
The free-agent quarterback partnered with Ben & Jerry’s late last year on an ice cream called “Change the Whirled.” He said at the time he hoped the flavor would raise the volume on his calls to abolish and defund the police.