Reid told reporters during the week that he supported Kaepernick.
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Kaepernick in those socks will likely not please the San Francisco Police Officers Association, which sent a letter to the NFL on Monday denouncing Kaepernick’s decision to sit for the national anthem.
Kaepernick’s protest has dominated the public discussion of the nation’s most popular sport this week, and his stance has been met with equally passionate condemnation and support. The photos were taken earlier in training camp before Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during the national anthem as a form of protest became public.
“He wasn’t alone in the anger directed toward Kaepernick. Not all. But many”. Before each of those snaps – and throughout the first half – prolonged boos rained from the Qualcomm Stadium crowd on the Chargers “Salute to the Miliatry” night. “Remember Rae Carruth? He’s still in prison for the plot to murder his pregnant girlfriend”.
Kaepernick responded with a solid performance that should lock up his roster spot, assuming the 49ers brass isn’t dismayed and remains neutral toward the national-anthem protest, as it stated last Friday.
Freeman says he also doesn’t believe the quarterback will be seen on the field for much longer for the reason that many people both inside and outside the National Football League seem to believe Colin Kaepernick is a traitor and, in Freeman’s words, “un-American”.
“I mean, you have Hillary [Clinton] who’s called black teens or black kids ‘super-predators, ‘” Kaepernick said.
I love that Kaepernick has reignited a national dialogue. “I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country”. Among the rights that come with being an American is the freedom of speech. But just moments before The Star-Spangled Banner was sung, he dropped to a knee in protest on the 49ers sideline.
Veterans on social media are using the hashtag #veteransforkaepernick. Kaepernick posted a statement on his Instagram account this afternoon detailing his reasoning in choosing those socks: Something something standing up for good cops. “We have a lot of people that are oppressed”.
“During a Sunday news conference about the flag flap, Kaepernick dressed in a black hat with a large, white “X” and a T-shirt that featured photos of Cuban despot Fidel Castro and Malcolm X.”
And Huiskamp notes what Kaepernick is doing is not new. There are things we can do to hold them more accountable.
By the same token, Collinsworth said it would not be right for him, Michaels and Tafoya to jam their political views down viewer’s throats on SNF, which has ranked as the No. 1 primetime show for five straight seasons with 22 million average viewers. “When we think about America we think of virtue, of our freedom, democracy a land of opportunity”.
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Patriotism is pride for one’s country, but it goes beyond that in the United States, according to Gerard Huiskamp, professor of political science at Wheaton College in MA.
