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Mourner knocks Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad during Sept. 11 memorial

By Naomi Lim
Published September 11, 2018 3:14pm ET
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Mourner knocks Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad during Sept. 11 memorial
This image taken from the Twitter account of the former National Football League player Colin Kaepernick shows a Nike advertisement featuring him that was posted Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. Kaepernick already had a deal with Nike that was set to expire, but it was renegotiated into a multi-year deal to make him one of the faces of Nike's 30th anniversary "Just Do It" campaign, according to a person familiar with the contract. | (AP)

A mourner remembering a police officer killed during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks referenced Nike’s new Colin Kaepernick ad Tuesday as he read some of the names of victims during a commemoration ceremony in New York City.

“And my brother and hero, Port Authority Police Officer David P. LeMagne, who believed in something, even when it meant to sacrifice everything,” the man said.

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