Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...
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Stomp Johnson wrote: »I'm ridin wit Kap. ? that anthem, that stupid ass flag and all its hypocrisy.
Exactly. ? we ? a ? load of innocent people in every airstrike. There's always 3 sides, but these people screamin Murica! Are not going to see/care that we have people in this very country that are ? on daily by the laws and leaders in place, why would they salute that? How the US formed was rebelling from British rule and their flag..... -
Ilike2get baked wrote: »Good for Colin....society been talking about athletes need to be more vocal..here it is...just a shame how much ? he gonna get from these crackas because he's not going along to get along...
Not just athletes... every day average 9-5 negroes need to do the same. -
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Go Kaepernick. #fucktheanthem #blm
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Huey P. Kap... -
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers/2016/08/28/49ers-colin-kaepernick-adamently-voices-stance-vows-continue/49ers Colin Kaepernick will continue anthem boycott, speaks out on police brutality, presidential election
Colin Kaepernick adamantly outlined why he won’t be standing for the national anthem: to bring justice to America.
“Ultimately it’s to bring awareness and make people realize what’s really going on in this country,” Kaepernick said Sunday inside the 49ers locker room. “There are a lot of things that are going on that are unjust, people aren’t being held accountable for, that’s something that needs to change.
“That’s something, that, this country stands for liberty, freedom, justice for all. And it’s not happening for all right now.”
Kaepernick embraced the uproar that’s ensued after it became public Friday night that he didn’t stand for the national anthem and instead sat by water coolers on the 49ers bench.
Kaepernick plans to continue his anthem protest.
“I’ll continue to sit. I’m continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed,” Kaepernick said. “To me this is something that has to change, and when there’s significant change and I feel that that flag represents what it’s supposed to represent and this country is representing people in the way that it’s supposed to, I’ll stand.”
Kaepernick stood before his 49ers teammates Sunday and explained his rationale, which won over at least one skeptical teammate.
“When it came out, honestly I took offense to it,” center Daniel Kilgore said. “But after Kap stated his case and seeing where he’s coming from, I do stand with Kap when he says enough is enough against crime, violence, discrimination and racism.”
Wide receiver Torrey Smith added: “I know he’s taken a lot of heat for it, and he understands when you do something like that, it offends a lot of people. When I think of the national anthem, I think of the soldiers that have died for our rights, and a right that he exercised.”
Kaepernick said he did not advise anyone he was going to protest the anthem, and, although no teammate has said they’ll follow his lead, he said he has received widespread support from not only the 49ers organization but those outside the sports realm.
Kaepernick passionately spoke for 18 minutes to about 30 reporters swarming around his locker. One player eaves dropped behind the media scrum: running back Shaun Draughn, who said: “He stood for what he believes in. You’ve got to respect it.”
Kaepernick clearly has fallen behind Blaine Gabbert to reclaim the starting quarterback job, but not because of his off-field actions or words. A sore throwing shoulder kept Kaepernick out of the first two exhibitions, and he only played 12 snaps in Friday’s exhibition loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Gabbert’s take on Kaepernick: “The beautiful thing about this country is everyone is afforded the right to their own opinion. That’s his opinion.”
With the exhibition season closing Thursday at San Diego, coach Chip Kelly has not announced who’ll be his starting quarterback for the Sept. 12 regular-season opener against the Los Angeles Rams. Kaepernick is not fearing a potential release over his activism.
“But if I do, I know I did what’s right and I can live with that at the end of the day,” Kaepernick said.
Kaepernick insisted his stance is not to bring attention to himself but the plight of “oppressed” people.
“There’s a lot of things that need to change,” Kaepernick said. “One, specifically, is police brutality. There’s people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable.
“Cops are getting paid leave for killing people. That’s not right. That’s not right by anyone’s standards.”
Smith, the 49ers’ most veteran wide receiver, added: “We have real issues in society that need to be addressed. That was his way of standing up for it. Whether I agree with what he did or not, that’s not something I would do, but he did it.”
Kaepernick also weighed in on the U.S. presidential race and how it mirrors society’s problems.
“The two presidential candidates we have represent the issues we have now,” Kaepernick said. “You have Hillary (Clinton) who’s called black kids, black teens ‘super predators.’ You have Trump who’s openly racist.”
Kaepernick said he’s speaking out — and boycotting the anthem — only after gaining more knowledge of the country’s issues. Added Kaepernick: “These aren’t new situations, this isn’t new ground. It’s things that have gone on in this country for years and years and have never been addressed, and need to be.”
Kaepernick insisted that he means no disrespect toward the U.S. military, with whom many teammates say they think of when the American flag is unfurled before games.
“I have great respect for our men and women that fought for this country,” Kaepernick said. “I have family, I have friends that have fought for this country. And they fight for freedom. They fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.
“And that’s not happening. I mean, people are dying in vain because this country is not holding its end of the bargain up as far as giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody.
“It’s something that’s not happening. I’ve seen videos, I’ve seen circumstances, where men and women that have been in the military have come back and been treated unjustly by the country they fought for, and have been murdered by the country they fought for. On our land. That’s not right.”
Several teammates said they had no idea Kaepernick wasn’t standing for the anthem and didn’t learn about it until NFL Media first reported it after Friday’s game.
“We know Colin. We support Colin,” linebacker NaVorro Bowman said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing because he voiced his opinion on such a strong topic. But we can’t allow this to divide our team.”
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This might be the dumbest ? ever man. So what that Kap didn't want to stand during the anthem. Man plenty people have done the same ? whether on purpose or because of some other ? . Let that man have his protest. The world ain't changing cause that dude don't want to stand up for that ? .
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"Free country"
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Bro, ? gonna be turning their back on those bars. ? that anthem
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Anybody that's patriotic outside of the Olympics is a ? weirdo. How ppl feel any emotional attachment to the national anthem or the flag trips me out.
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Someone in the replies said what colin did is worse than what ray rice did. LMFAO wow -
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17411286/alex-boone-minnesota-vikings-calls-ex-teammate-colin-kaepernick-decision-sit-national-anthem-shamefulEx-49er Boone rips Kaepernick for 'shameful' act
MINNEAPOLIS -- While a former teammate who caught passes from Colin Kaepernick defended the San Francisco 49ers quarterback's decision not to stand for the national anthem, a former teammate who blocked for Kaepernick didn't see it that way.
Minnesota Vikings guard Alex Boone, who played five seasons with Kaepernick in San Francisco before leaving in free agency last spring, called it "shameful" that Kaepernick did not stand for the national anthem on Aug. 26 against the Green Bay Packers, adding "we probably would have had a problem on the sideline" had the quarterback done it while Boone had still been his teammate.
Former 49ers receiver Anquan Boldin said Sunday that "you still have to respect" Kaepernick's opinion "even if you don't agree with what someone does." The quarterback told NFL Media on Friday that his decision was meant as a form of protest over the treatment of "black people and people of color" in the U.S.
While Boone acknowledged that Kaepernick "can do whatever he wants," he added, "there's a time and a place. Show some respect."
"You should have some f---ing respect for people who served, especially people that lost their life to protect our freedom," said Boone, whose brother J.J. served with the Marines in Iraq. "We're out here playing a game, making millions of dollars. People are losing their life, and you don't have the common courtesy to do that. That just drove me nuts.
"Anquan said it this morning [that Kaepernick had the right to do it], and I was kind of mad that he said it, because I was like, '? , if Anquan says it, I've got to go with it,' because Anquan was such a leader, and he's a smart guy. He gets it. But at the same time, I was upset with his choice to do that and kind of disrespect the flag."
Niners coach Chip Kelly said Kaepernick also didn't stand for the anthem on Aug. 20 against the Denver Broncos, telling reporters, "We recognize his right to do that. So, it's not my right to tell him not to do something. That's his right as a citizen.
"We recognize his right as an individual to choose to participate or not participate in the national anthem."
Boone, though, said the gesture was disrespectful to the American flag and those who serve in the military.
"You see all these pictures of these veterans that have no legs, and they're standing up in a wheelchair," Boone said. "I had a brother that served, and he lost friends. I know how much it means to him. It's shameful."
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz said after his team's exhibition victory against the New York Jets on Saturday night that the American flag deserves respect -- no matter the circumstances in the U.S. or beyond.
"The flag is the flag," Cruz said. "Regardless of how you feel about things that are going on in America today, and the things that are going on across the world with gun violence and things of that nature, you've got to respect the flag, and you've got to stand up with your teammates. It's bigger than just you, in my opinion. I think you go up there, you're with a team, and you go and you know you pledge your allegiance to the flag and sing the national anthem with your team, and then you go about your business, whatever your beliefs are.
"Colin is his own man. He decided to sit down and that is his prerogative, but on a personal standpoint, I think you have to stand up there with your team and understand and it's this game and what's going on around this country is bigger than just you."
Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan said Sunday he believes players and coaches should stand for the anthem to show respect and give thanks to members of the armed forces.
"You've got to look at the gifts that we have, the opportunity that we have to play a great game is through the men and women that serve our country," Ryan said before practice on Sunday. "And I think that's an opportunity right there just to show respect." -
desertrain10 wrote: »http://uproxx.com/sports/victor-cruz-colin-kaepernick-respect-the-flag/
Victor Cruz to Colin Kaepernick: 'You've got to respect the flag'
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Just was thinking this morning that the same people criticizing him were just crying over Ali passing a couple months ago.
These fools just want something to be mad at. -
Colin Kaepernick reportedly could be released by 49ers before the regular season
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Magicjohnson wrote: »Colin Kaepernick reportedly could be released by 49ers before the regular season
I'm sure Chip KKKelly has nothing to do with this potential decision... -
Smh it's gonna be hard to rock with my team if they cut him. That ? doesn't even make football sense.
Our 3rd string QB got hurt for the year 1st preseason game. And it's no way in the hell ? ass Gabberet is head and shoulders above Kap to think they wouldn't need him at some point during the season. Especially with his athleticism and Chip Kelly's system.
He's pretty much done in the league if he gets let go before he even gets a chance to redeem himself on the field. He's not Tom Brady but still the best option the Niners have right now. -
Magicjohnson wrote: »Colin Kaepernick reportedly could be released by 49ers before the regular season
Been that way for a while. -
Built 4 cuban linx wrote: »
Someone in the replies said what colin did is worse than what ray rice did. LMFAO wow
I saw someone on Facebook today say that what Colin did is just as bad as burning the flag. -
stringer bell wrote: »
Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan said Sunday he believes players and coaches should stand for the anthem to show respect and give thanks to members of the armed forces.
"You've got to look at the gifts that we have, the opportunity that we have to play a great game is through the men and women that serve our country," Ryan said before practice on Sunday. "And I think that's an opportunity right there just to show respect."
Hmmmm, I wonder why Rex Ryan is criticizing him.............
Oh yeah, I remember......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLk8MN4yXDA
Another racist ass NFL coach. -
eastbay510 wrote: »He's pretty much done in the league if he gets let go before he even gets a chance to redeem himself on the field.
Really? I wonder if that's true. He has fallen off a cliff, but to the point of no return? Some terrible team will pick him up.
