“I think Colin Kaepernick is representing the San Francisco 49ers when he puts on that uniform”, he said.
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Since then, USA women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe has joined in the protest, as well as an entire high school football team in Seattle.
“The reality is [Kaepernick is] protesting black men and women ― people of color ― getting shot by police when they’re unarmed, and those police facing no consequences”, Legend added. He then approaches the driver’s side of his vehicle, where an officer shocks him with a stun gun and another fatally shoots him. “And when talking about the Terence Crutcher shooting, he told reporters that racism is often “disguised as patriotism” in America, and people focus too much on “(taking) everything back to the (American) flag”, when they should be more focused on stopping racial discrimination and injustice. “And it will be loud and clear for everyone why it happened”. “Granted, it’s not how I want it to happen, but that’s the realization of what could happen. It’s not something I haven’t thought about”.
It has not received universal support, however, and he said he was the target of racial slurs and other insults before last Sunday’s game at Carolina.
He also used the opportunity to condemn the fatal police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 16. “But if it happens, it will just shine a more illuminated light on the cause he’s willing to address, which is racial injustices in the country”.
The report states that while Kaepernick has yet to inform team security about the threats directed at him, he says he was well aware of the backlash that might stem from such a bold, widely publicized protest.
During the Republican National Convention in July, King created an uproar saying that white people have contributed more to the advancement of human civilization than any other “sub-group of people”. Kaepernick said they simply went about their business and even tried to cover up the crime.
McCluster has played six National Football League seasons with Kansas City and Tennessee.
“They either don’t care about what’s going on, or they don’t understand it”, Kaepernick said. “And they should be in prison for that.”.
Kaepernick has also pledged to donate the first $1 million he makes this season to charities that will help communities in need.
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The quarterback says he’ll set up a website that will document where his monthly $100,000 is spent so that “I’m transparent in what I’m doing but that these organizations are transparent with where the money is going as well”.
