Police officers take a knee to mourn the death of George Floyd. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - At many protests across the country and the Bay Area, police officers joined peaceful demonstrations.Santa Cruz Police Chief was seen kneeling with George Floyd demonstrators on Friday night - a symbol sparked four years ago by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans.
The white officer in Minneapolis also kneeled on Floyd's neck killing him, and on social media, many have combined the images of Kaepernick and the officer together to show the irony of the two messages.