An Arkansas sheriff’s office removed photos of its inmates in Nike T-shirts after they made the rounds on Twitter.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office posed at least 18 of its inmates in Nike T-shirts for their mugshots, then added the images to its online jail roster.
Columnist Shaun King tweeted the photos on Wednesday and said his source told him the mugshots were meant to mock Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL player whose protests of police brutality landed him an ad campaign with Nike.
A Nike ad featuring Kaepernick and a new slogan ― “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” ― made waves when it was introduced early last month. Many people loved it; others launched an ineffectual boycott of the sportswear company by burning their Nike gear. Nike sales, meanwhile, increased significantly.
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