{"id":909271,"date":"2026-09-29T02:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909271\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T02:28:35","slug":"nfl-asks-homeland-security-to-take-down-video-of-hall-of-famer-brian-dawkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909271\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Asks Homeland Security to Take Down Video of Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2104339970794344683?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a video on social media<\/a> showing highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins in reference to a purported caravan of immigrants approaching the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The video posted on Sunday shows Dawkins&#8217; pregame walkout as he chants &#8220;The time has come,&#8221; followed by a series of big hits. The DHS post includes the caption &#8220;Our time has come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;The league has requested the DHS take down the video,&#8221; NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Dawkins was a nine-time Pro Bowler and five time All-Pro safety during 16 NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos before retiring in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">DHS released a statement saying the United States Border Patrol &#8220;is actively tracking&#8221; a group of migrants coming from Honduras and used football jargon to add the department &#8220;is playing lockdown defense&#8221; at the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The statement did not address the NFL&#8217;s request to take down the video, which had not been deleted as of Monday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down a video&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-909271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}