“There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality. There's people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. People are being given paid leave for killing people. That's not right. That's not right by anyone's standards.”— Colin Kaepernick, espn.comTagged: Equality, National Anthem, protest
“Yes. I'll continue to sit. I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me, this is something that has to change. When there's significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent, this country is representing people the way that it's…”— Colin Kaepernick, espn.comTagged: Equality, National Anthem, protest
“People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot of things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's…”— Colin Kaepernick, espn.comTagged: Equality, National Anthem, protest