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The Curious Case of the NFL’s Endorsement of Criminal-Justice-Reform Bill
The NFL, the proverbial messy bitch that loves drama, just a week after announcing that team owners would revisit rules about player conduct during the playing of the national anthem, has now decided to throw its weight behind a criminal-justice bill. NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart announced Monday that the NFL will endorse a bipartisan bill…
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More German Soccer Players Have Taken a Knee Than US Baseball or Hockey Players
On Saturday the German soccer club Hertha Berlin took a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and other U.S. athletes who have used the gesture to protest racial injustice. According to the New York Times, the Bundesliga club’s entire starting lineup took a knee on the pitch prior to their match. Off the field, the…
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Who Gon’ Check Me, Boo? Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins Says He Will Continue to Protest Even if Team Owner Forbids It
The vice president of the United States wasted taxpayer dollars Sunday so he could stage his own mini protest against NFL players who exercised their constitutional right to peaceful protest by kneeling during the national anthem, and according to the current president, the vice president acted at his request. NFL owners and coaches are doing…
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2 Players From Washington, DC’s NFL Team Buy Xbox for 10-Year-Old Wearing Kaepernick Jersey
What’s this strange phenomenon? Could it be … good news? Be still my cold, battered heart. But, seriously, these two Washington, D.C., football team players did some good earlier this week when they decided to pull together to purchase a brand-new Xbox One for a child who strolled into a GameStop in Sterling, Va., flaunting…
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So-Called Patriots Stoke Hate by Photoshopping NFL Players With Burning Flag
Today in politricks: Conservative social media accounts are pushing a fake image of the Seattle Seahawks burning the star-spangled banner in their locker room in an attempt to stoke more anger toward the NFL. And it seems to be working. The photoshopped image shows Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett in the center of a…
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Pa. Man Didn’t Like It When the Steelers Declined to Take the Field for the National Anthem, so He Painted a Swastika on the Team Flag
The “funny” thing about all this outrage over NFL players (and others) deciding not to stand or participate during the national anthem (or the Pledge of Allegiance) is that white people are proving—whether purposely or not—that they know the protest isn’t about the anthem or veterans but about white supremacy. Take Anton Uhl, for example,…
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Sports Illustrated Whitesplains Why It Left Colin Kaepernick Off ‘Sports United’ Cover
Imagine being a major sports magazine doing a cover story on the players and team leaders who spoke up and spoke out on the issues of race and inequality, and the right to freedom of personal expression—just to leave out the player who is the reason these discussions are being had in the first place.…
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La. High School Says It Will Remove Players From Team if They Do Not Stand for National Anthem
What is the First Amendment? Seems as if Parkway High School in Bossier Parish, La., may need a refresher because the principal of that school just issued a letter to parents Thursday saying that students will be suspended (and/or ultimately removed) from sports teams if they attempt to demonstrate in any way during the national…
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Fla. Mom Says 6-Year-Old Son Was Reprimanded for Taking a Knee During Pledge of Allegiance
An outraged Florida mother says that her 6-year-old son was publicly admonished for deciding to take a knee Monday during the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance, and now she is calling into question the way in which the school handled the incident. According to ABC News, Eugenia McDowell’s precocious little boy decided to kneel…
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Mich. State Police Director Under Fire After Facebook Post Calling NFL Players Who Take a Knee During Anthem ‘Ungrateful, Anti-American Degenerates’
The director of the Michigan State Police is catching heat after blasting NFL players who opt to take a knee to protest the continued racial injustice in this country with a strongly worded post on her Facebook page. According to the Detroit Free Press, Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue shared the strongly worded message on her…