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MASHABLE: #TakeAKnee Protests Are About Police Violence, Not The Military Or The Constitution.
http://mashable.com/2017/09/24/taketheknee-message-police-brutality/#cKXOQDsF7qqr
Rather, the protest is simply to call attention to the ongoing problem of disproportionate police violence against non-white people in America and the lack of consequences for its perpetrators, Kaepernick has said.
In fact, he actually opted to kneel rather than sit last year after former NFL player and Army Green Beret Nate Boyer suggested it might show more reverence to soldiers and veterans.
"Once again, I’m not anti-American," Kaepernick said at the time. "I love America. I love people. That’s why I’m doing this. I want to help make America better. I think having these conversations helps everybody have a better understanding of where everybody is coming from."
Kaepernick is now a free agent, but the movement he started as a 49ers is now stronger than ever. The dozens of players who've joined have been similarly explicit about their reasoning.
For instance, Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell, who became the first MLB player to take a knee during the anthem on Saturday, said his gesture was not meant to detract from the significance of his own father's army service.
"I know I was on the fence for a long time because I know no one in baseball has ever done it," Maxwell said in a post-game press conference. "I finally got to the point where I thought the inequality of man is being discussed, and it's being practiced from our president."
The severity of the real problem driving the protests was underscored earlier this season when Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett was seemingly arbitrarily arrestedin what he claimed was an instance of racial profiling and excessive use of force.
"The system failed me. I can only imagine what Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Charleena Lyles felt," he wrote in a statement on the incident.
Despite appeals like that, Trump has never mentioned the issue at the center of the movement, and he continues to openly call it a protest against America itself.
Baltimore Ravens’ national anthem singer resigns / DirecTV reportedly giving refunds citing the anthem protests. Sep 26, 20:58
Clearly a lot of Americans can't stand the thought of equality. Pity. {nm} Sep 26, 21:32
Please list all the Ways. {nm} Sep 27, 01:04
Disrespecting a Racist, Warmongering National Anthem - is that your Position? {nm} Sep 27, 01:42
Disrespecting Law Enforcement that is Executing Unarmed African Americans - Is that your Position? {nm} Sep 27, 01:44
MASHABLE: #TakeAKnee Protests Are About Police Violence, Not The Military Or The Constitution. Sep 27, 01:58
Pleas advise how they should do their Protest so that it doesn't Offend all those BatSh*t Crazy Old White Guys. {nm} Sep 27, 01:06
Please tell us what you think of Gregg Popovich's Statements.See Post Below. {nm} Sep 27, 01:41
Not Slamming 'White People'. Slamming the BatSh*t Crazy Old White Guys. You know which ones they are. {nm} Sep 27, 01:47
TJNFL1 owns a mirror, so yes. {nm} Sep 27, 07:57
I disagree with issues on politics not people on their race, challenge ideologies, not individuals, (except now captain). {nm} Sep 27, 10:03
DAILY-CALLER: NBA Coach Gregg Popovich: 'White People Especially' Need To Be Made 'Uncomfortable'. Sep 27, 01:14
That's a sham excuse. The Cowboys showed unity BEFORE the anthem, and still got booed. {nm} Sep 27, 08:35
Those were New York Giants fans booing. {nm} Sep 27, 09:47
Not according to your POTUS {nm} Sep 27, 10:24
I won't even ask why New York Giants fans were in Arizona to watch the Cowboys... {nm} Sep 27, 10:28
New York Giants fans are everywhere and very loyal. {nm} Sep 27, 11:27