49ers’ Colin Kaepernick Says “Suspicious Incident” Investigation Has Changed His Way of Thinking

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick tallied a total of 3,721 yards and 25 touchdowns last season.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Friday said he’s “changed my way of thinking” in the wake of an ongoing police investigation in Miami involving himself and two other NFL players.

Police are investigating what they have described as a “suspicious incident” at a Miami hotel involving Kaepernick, 49ers receiver Quinton Patton, Seattle Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette and a 25-year-old woman on April 1. Police said last month that it was not a criminal investigation.

A Miami police spokesman said this week that there was no update on the investigation nor is there a timeline for any new information.

Kaepernick, who was speaking publicly for the first time since the incident, in front of nearly 1,000 people at the Turlock mayor’s prayer breakfast on Friday morning, said he learned from what he called “a bad circumstance.”

“It’s been put out that I did something wrong,” Kaepernick reportedly told the audience in his hometown of Turlock, Calif., according to the Modesto Bee. “Even though it’s a bad circumstance, a bad situation, I feel like ultimately I’ve been blessed because it’s changed my way of thinking. It’s made me stronger. It’s made me look at things differently.

“… Even this morning, this is a blessing. … It makes me very happy to know that people are staying behind me the way they have.”

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SOURCE: ESPN
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