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Donald Trump's attacks on the NFL players who protest racism and police brutality has backfired tremendously. Now even Michael Hayden, a four-star general who served in the military for 39 years and went on to serve as national security adviser and head the CIA, has taken a side -- and it's not with Trump.
Last year San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt for the National Anthem in protest of police treatment of black Americans. Since then the protests against the US national anthem have grown.
The head of the Congressional Black Caucus lashed out at President Trump Wednesday, accusing the president of both insensitivity and ignorance when it comes to issues of race. In a letter to Trump, Rep. Cedric Richmond said the president's verbal attacks on NFL players protesting police brutality marked a "disgraceful response" to demonstrators -- most of them African American -- fighting for social justice.
Marge was in her mid-50s at the time and the longtime wife of a Covenant church preacher. She was the stereotypical preacher's wife: played piano, sang hymns, was a great cook, and home schooled her children.
Vice President Mike Pence addressed a sympathetic crowd of Venezuelans in South Florida as he assured them the U.S. will use its economic and diplomatic power to push for free elections. Vice President Mike Pence addressed a sympathetic crowd of Venezuelans in South Florida as he assured them the U.S. will use its economic and diplomatic power to push for free elections.
Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died. Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest is still causing debate in and around the NFL a year later as the embattled quarterback looks for a chance to play again. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest is still causing debate in and around the NFL a year later as the embattled quarterback looks for a chance to play again.
Referee John Hussey talks with side judge Allen Baynes outside the review booth during a 2016 NFL game. Fans in Philadelphia that say they watched less football last season blamed it on the delays in gameplay caused by penalties and reviews.
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Last week Colin Kaepernick won an award from his teammates that named him as the player who 'best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play' The San Francisco 49ers announced on Friday that the team has voted to give Colin Kaepernick the Len Eshmont Award, a prize given to the player who "best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont-a Navy vet-an original member of the 1946 49ers team." "I think the thing, to me, that stood out was it was my teammates that voted on it.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was supported by President Obama regarding his decision to not stand for the national anthem. Speaking at a news conference in Hangzhou, China Monday, President Barack Obama defended Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the national anthem.
San Francisco 49ers players including quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem before a game Sunday. The action is part of an ongoing protest of the treatment of minorities.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did not vote in the Nov. 8 election. Yes, the player who kneels during the national anthem in the name of justice and change.
Leave it to Costas to come up with one of the most intriguing ideas we've heard on how the NFL can handle protesting players such as Colin Kaepernick - while placating #BoycottNFL fans angered over disrespect of the American flag and national anthem. Costas, the 27-time Emmy winner, will host the pregame show for NBC's portion of the "Thursday Night Football" package, along with Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy and two-time Super Bowl champ Rodney Harrison.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in a Yahoo interview the other day that football players who refuse to stand for the national anthem are "dumb and disrespectful." According to the Los Angeles Times , the outspoken and famously liberal Supreme Court justice laid it on awfully thick--and awfully conservat iv e-sounding--about the fad started by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick of conspicuously kneeling during the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner as a protest against racial injustice, police brutality, or something: "I think it's a terrible thing to do, but I wouldn't lock a person up for doing it," she said.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn't afraid to be blunt when expressing her opinion about the athletes taking a knee or raising a fist during the ongoing national anthem protests. "I think it's really dumb of them," Ginsburg told Katie Couric in a Yahoo News interview , but nevertheless said they had a right to protest.
It came together in about a week. First, the idea for a punchy, uplifting dance video that would tell a story about diversity, difference and communal support.
Congressman takes swipe at Kaepernick after police arrest terror suspect Zeldin sent out the tweet following the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2de0Hoq Following the police arrest of terror suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami on Monday, Congressman Lee Zeldin, a Republican representing the 1st District of New York, sent out a tweet that took a swipe at 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Florida's Orange County Public Schools announced this week that their students must have parental permission if they want to kneel during the national anthem at football games. The move comes after students in at least one school district in the state reportedly knelt in solidarity with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's protest against social injustice in America.