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Kaepernick revealed earlier this week that he’s received death threats since he began to protest the anthem.
“It’ll be loud and clear why it happened”, he said.
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, one of many athletes inspired to join Kaepernick in kneeling for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” said that the nation’s reaction to the Crutcher shooting highlights the reason for the protest. “But that’s the realization of what could happen”. But that’s the (reality) of what can happen. “It’s not something I haven’t thought about”, Kaepernick continued.
Kaepernick’s decision not to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before games in protest of racial and social inequality and police brutality has unquestionably fueled debate in the U.S. sports world and beyond.
The magazine announced Thursday that an image of Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem will be the cover of the October 3 issue, indicating how the NFL star’s protest has permeated national culture. He also admitted that some people have taken his protest so seriously that they have made threats to his life.
Kaepernick has refused to stand for the “Star Spangled Banner” before National Football League games, instead sitting or taking a knee, to protest against what he has described as racist police practice and the continued oppression of black people in America.
Kaepernick started his protest in the preseason by sitting down during the national anthem. Kaepernick originally remained seated on the bench, but modified that so that people didn’t think he was protesting the military.
Kaepernick noted that several fans taunted him during Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers. “They shot and killed a man and walked around like it wasn’t a human being”, he added.
Meanwhile, Kaepernich has said he would donate $1m (£770,000) of his salary this season to local communities that support his protest over the next 10 months.
Plus, he’ll be giving $100,000 of that money over the next month and will set up a website so people can track where and how the funds are being distributed.
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