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.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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