Sentences with phrase «during the anthem since»

The Cowboys have yet to have a player kneel during the anthem since Kaepernick started protesting police brutality, inequality, and the oppression that people of color in the United States face in 2016.

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On Monday night, Cleveland Browns» tight end Seth DeValve became the first white player to take a knee during the national anthem since Colin Kaepernick first kicked off the wave of pro-football player protests last year.

Kaepernick was the first player to demonstrate during the National Anthem during the NFL's preseason, but has since been joined by athletes around the country, including at high school games and other professional sporting events.

The focus of the demonstrations during the national anthem has shifted ever since President Donald Trump made remarks in Alabama, saying that any player who kneels is a «son of a bitch» who should be fired.

In the first game since the comments, Rams players linked arms on the sideline during the anthem.

After the Charlottesville rally, Long started putting his arm around teammate Malcolm Jenkins, who has been raising a fist during the national anthem since Colin Kaepernick began his protest in 2016.

Since last football season, dozens of athletes have demonstrated during the national anthem, either by kneeling or raising a clenched fist in the air, to protest the killing of black civilians by law enforcement officers.

While in use since the early 1880s as a national anthem on a de facto basis, and the words to the anthem are from the tenth century or earlier, making An Israeli judoka who won gold at an international competition in Abu Dhabi quietly sings his national anthem during the medal ceremony, after organisers