The quarterback said the threats haven’t only come from social media outlets.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he has received several death threats since he made the decision to kneel in protest during the playing of the USA national anthem.
He said: “To me, if something like that were going to happen, you’ve proved my point”. “I think the message has been out there loud and clear for quite some time, now”.
Kaepernick also said he plans to start a website soon showing he is donating the $1 million he has pledged to organizations supporting his cause of racial equality.
“Granted, I don’t want that to happen (laughs)”. Shelby’s attorney said she thought Crutcher was behaving erratically and may have been under the influence of PCP. “And people want to take everything back to the flag, but that’s not what we’re talking about”.
“What can not happen, and what can not be tolerated, is us as a community and us as a nation turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to what exactly is transpiring”, Smith stated.
The Colin Kaepernick National Anthem protest has grown over the past month, and while it has been a slow growth, it has grown.
The Seahawks dropped seven spots after their 9-3 loss at the hands of the L.A. Rams.
Ever since his initial protest, numerous National Football League players and professional athletes from other sports have also taken a knee in solidarity. He said he has people now vetting potential charities to determine the proper ones to donate to and will launch a website detailing his donations and how the money is spent.
“There’s a lot of racism disguised as patriotism in this country and people don’t like to address that and they don’t like to address what the root of this protest is”, he said.
Clark, who has been with the Worldwide Leader for about a year and a half, had spoken up Monday night, too, upon the disclosure that Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old black man in Tulsa, Okla., who had been fatally shot by police, was unarmed. Kaepernick said it has been challenging to vet the many organizations that have reached out for help and he is working to ensure that the money is going to the right place.
Kaepernick commended Patriots defensive lineman Chris Long for speaking out.
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“I don’t know if he realizes how much that means to this movement and trying to get things changed”, Kaepernick said. “I think that’s important and ultimately the goal”.
