Just when you thought the Kaepernick debacle was out of the news cycle, the 49ers quarterback decided to wear socks to practice depicting cartoon pigs dressed as cops as he continues his protest of police brutality against people of color.

This move – which had gone unnoticed until today – appears to have been the final straw for the executive director of one of the largest police organizations in the country.

Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations (a coalition of police unions and associations from across the country), representing more than 240,000 active law enforcement officers, was enraged. As USA Today reports…

"It's just ridiculous that the same league that prohibits the Dallas (Cowboys) football club from honoring the slain officers in their community with their uniforms stands silent when Kaepernick is dishonoring police officers with what he's wearing on the field,"
(The Cowboys' plan to use a helmet decal as a tribute to the five police officers killed in July's sniper attack was denied by the NFL, according to a published report.)

"I think the league is in a downward spiral regarding their obligations to the public under (Commissioner) Roger Goodell," added Johnson, "and this is just another example of that."