Navy Investigates Video of Dogs Attacking Man in Kaepernick Jersey

The U.S. Navy command that oversees the SEALs is investigating a video of dogs attacking a man in a Colin Kaepernick jersey at a 2019 event in Florida, the authorities said this week.

The Naval Special Warfare Command on Sunday condemned the incident, which it described as “a military working dog demonstration” that took place at an “independent organization’s event” last year. A pair of videos of the event surfaced on social media over the weekend, and the recordings were soon seen more than four million times. The Naval Special Warfare Command said it had become aware of the footage on Sunday.

In one video, four dogs attack a man wearing protective equipment and a red and white football jersey with Mr. Kaepernick’s name and number when he played quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Another man can be heard describing the dogs leaping at and biting the man in the style of a play-by-play announcer.

“The inherent message of this video is completely inconsistent with the values and ethos of Naval Special Warfare and the U.S. Navy,” the command said in a statement on Twitter on Sunday responding to the video. “We are investigating the matter fully and initial indications are that there were no active-duty Navy personnel or equipment involved with this independent organization’s event.”