Sentences with phrase «sitting during the anthem»
She reiterated Trump's argument that the NFL protests, which began more than a year ago when 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the anthem in protest of police brutality, «disparage [s] the brave men and women in uniform» and American values more broadly.
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When Colin Kaepernick first sat during the anthem — before he consulted with the former Green Beret Nate Boyer and began kneeling — I took offense.
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When the NFL world first noticed he was sitting (and later kneeling) during the national anthem, Freeman reported that some executives thought that Kaepernick could be finished in the NFL if he were cut by the 49ers.
On August 26, before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the 49er's quarterback sat down during the national anthem in protest against racial injustices in America.
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane sat during the national anthem, and U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe took a knee.
On August 26, before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, the 49ers» quarterback sat down during the national anthem in protest against racial injustices in America.
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made a lot of news last season when he protested police violence and racial injustice by sitting during the National Anthem before games.
After hours of careful consideration, and even a visit from Nate Boyer, a retired Green Beret and former NFL player, we came to the conclusion that we should kneel, rather than sit, the next day during the anthem as a peaceful protest.
Britt put his hand on Michael Bennett's shoulder while the Seahawks lineman sat alone on the bench during the anthem Saturday night.
Kaepernick began a movement in the NFL during the 2016 preseason when he began to sit and later kneeled during the national anthem as a way to show support for people of color who are being oppressed in the United States, and to take a stand against police brutality.
Michael Bennett, along with the other seven other defensive linemen and linebacker Michael Wilhoute, sat during the national anthem:
Various players this season, including Michael Bennett, Malcolm Jenkins, and several Cleveland Browns have sat, kneeled in prayer or raised their fist during the anthem to protest the unfair treatment of people of color by the police and the country's systemic injustices.
For them to compare, Kap would have to be sitting on the sidelines with his feet on an ottoman, reading an Osama Bin Laden biography during the Anthem.
«I don't know if the most effective way is to sit down during the national anthem with a country that's providing you freedom, providing you $ 16 million a year... when there are black minorities that are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for less than $ 20,000 a year.»
Statement is baffling and is in fact the very thing that guys like cap and others are fighting against the truth is Colin didn't orignaly kneel during the anthem he sat on his bench he was then approached by vets who asked why he was sitting and asked him to do something else because sitting was disprectful it was those army vets who told cap to kneel because it shows your fighting against something and not just sitting to sit they told him it would be a better look and it's funny how people turn around and say he is disrespecting the very people who told him what to do and how to do it to get his message across this is the ignorance of America and everything cap fights against you judge a man by the color of his skin and his upbringing and not the content of his character you don't know anything about cap yet you pull this entire story out your ass go sit down clown
He sat during the national anthem during preseason games against Denver and Green Bay.
His decision to sit or kneel during the national anthem played very little role in the 49ers» failure last season.
Ten years after winning the starting job in college, one year after sitting during the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick is still looking for work in the NFL.
Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat on a cooler next to the bench during the playing of the national anthem in the team's preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals.
It went unnoticed at first for two games before a photo from Jennifer Lee Chan of Niners Nation showed the quarterback sitting on the bench during the anthem in the 49ers» third preseason game of 2016.
His decision to sit during the national anthem drew criticism, though.
Why Lynch chose to sit hasn't yet been revealed, but it comes nearly one year after Colin Kaepernick began a protest of the oppression of people of color by sitting and kneeling during the national anthem in the 2016 season.
After the media took notice of Kaepernick sitting for the national anthem during a preseason game on Aug. 26, he addressed reporters with his full thoughts and reasoning two days later on Aug. 28.
In Aug. 2016, Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench while the national anthem played during a preseason game for the San Francisco 49ers.
The Chargers did a little of everything as some players sat, some kneeled and some linked arms during the anthem.
Trump has turned his sights on BeastMode, (Marshawn Lynch of the Oakland Raiders), blasting the NFL star for sitting during the U.S. national anthem — but standing for the Mexican national anthem — during his game this weekend.
«The beauty about being an American is you have the freedom to stand, sit, lie down or roll over,» during the anthem, the rapper tells TheWrap
We are living in a time of vitriolic election cycles, controversies over standing up vs. sitting down during a national anthem, and continued gun violence that ends too many lives.