Several NFL players or teams took a knee, in-bolted arms, or raised their clenched hands amid the national anthem of devotion, on the field during the past football games. Some say it is disrespectful.
“In a way it is disrespectful to kneel during the national anthem because without our ancestor’s fighting in wars for our freedom, we wouldn’t have a chance to protest”. Bobby, a current football student at Byrd High School said.
A while back, Colin Kaepernick former San Francisco 49ers quarterback started a protest against police brutality. He started this by sitting among the national song of praise, however it didn’t get …show more content…
It’s just not happening”. -Kaepernick
The Baltimore Ravens and the Jacksonville Jaguars respond to comments of Trump by simply joining in on Kaepernick and the protest of taking a knee the next day.
“Personally, I think the comments made about my brothers who decided to protest and kneel, is kind of what made us no longer silent”, Suggs said via ESPN.
Although many were criticized, some say they have the First Amendment right (Freedom of Assembly) to kneel during the anthem.
Suggs via ESPN said, “They have a right to protest. We knelt with them today. Non-violent protests is as American as it gets. We knelt with them today and let them know we are a unified unit, there is no dividing us”.
This occurring event is causing many problems in our country that can be a dangerous threat to ourselves if we are divided and not as unified together.
“This occasion would make our country worse because it divides the country and other countries could strike us at our lowest by starting wars that we wouldn’t be prepared for because we are focused on this particular event”, Bobby