{"id":15210,"date":"2017-09-04T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=15210"},"modified":"2019-06-01T08:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T12:58:31","slug":"paramedic-police-patriots-boycott-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/paramedic-police-patriots-boycott-cleveland-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramedic and Police Union Patriots Boycott Cleveland Browns Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>CLEVELAND \u2014 Members of unions representing Cleveland police officers and paramedics have said they won\u2019t hold a large U.S. flag during pregame ceremonies prior to next Sunday\u2019s Cleveland Browns season opener.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span>The unions&#8217; refusal to participate in the on-field ceremony at First Energy Stadium before next Sunday&#8217;s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers comes after nearly a dozen Browns players knelt during the anthem before a preseason home game last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen\u2019s Association, cited his service in the U.S. Navy when he told WKYC-TV he was astounded that Browns management knew of the protests but allowed it to occur.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI am not going to participate or work with management that allows their players to disrespect the flag and the national anthem,\u201d Loomis said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams released a statement Sunday night in response to the refusal to hold the flag at the Browns&#8217; season opener.<\/p>\n<p>A team spokesman has said the organization respects the anthem and flag but also respects personal expression.<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Police Patrolmen&#8217;s Association members also are refusing to participate in the flag ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>[divider style=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Want EMS and air medical tips sent straight to your inbox? Get <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Net<\/strong><\/span> newsletter. Sign up here (it&#8217;s free):<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>[shortcode-variables slug=&#8221;optin-form&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 Members of unions representing Cleveland police officers and paramedics have said they won\u2019t hold a large U.S. flag during pregame ceremonies prior to next Sunday\u2019s Cleveland Browns season opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":15211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15210"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}