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Jun 5, 2020 · Starting in 2016, despite Kaepernick’s explanation that his kneeling during the national anthem was a call to end racial injustice and police brutality toward people of color, a backlash...
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May 30, 2020 · But the image of the kneeling, bow-headed Kaepernick becomes newly indicting each time someone is pinned down by a brute in a blue uniform and dies pleading in a street.
Sep 13, 2020 · Almost four years after he began protesting racial injustice and police brutality in America by sitting and then kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games, Colin Kaepernick remains out...
Jun 1, 2020 · Four years ago, Colin Kaepernick began sending a message about police brutality and social injustice by refusing to stand for the national anthem before NFL games.
- March 3, 2017: Kaepernick opted Out of His Contract, Making Him A Free Agent
- Fall, 2017: Protests Are Reignited After Trump’s Remarks
- October 15, 2017: Kaepernick Files A Collusion Grievance Against NFL Owners
- April 21, 2018: Kaepernick Accepts An Award from Amnesty International
He played his last down for the Niners on New Year’s Day of 2017 and hasn’t gotten an NFL job since. It’s important to note that GM John Lynch confirmed in May of that year that he would have cutKaepernick if the QB hadn’t opted out, so he would have been out of a job regardless of his choice to become a free agent.
September 25, 2017: His former teammate Eric Reid wrote “Why Colin Kaepernick and I decided to take a knee” for the New York Times
From Kaepernick’s lawyer Mark Geragos: The grievance would eventually go to trial and the league would settlewith Kaepernick and his former Niners teammate Eric Reid in 2019.
This is worth watching, because he reiterated his original message: September 3, 2018: Nike launches a new campaign starring Kaepernick Some people responding by burning their Nike gear and one athletic goods store owner was forced to close his storeafter he stopped carrying Nike products.
Sep 9, 2018 · Retired Army Green Beret Nate Boyer is the man who first convinced Colin Kaepernick to kneel during the national anthem. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin.
Aug 20, 2019 · CNN — It was ultimately a means of taking on police brutality and systemic racial injustice, but former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick says his decision to kneel in protest during the pregame...
