San Francisco Quarterback Colin Kaepernick was booed when he entered the field in San Diego on Thursday night.
Colin Kaepernick is booed as he takes the field for warmups in San Diego. pic.twitter.com/n2maH6pn29
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Kaepernick was BOOED LOUDLY for sitting AGAIN during the National Anthem on Military Night in San Diego.
The crowd didn’t like it.
Kaepernick sat during the anthem because of police crimes against blacks.
The crowd booed him the entire first half.
USA Today reported:
After hearing loud and sustained boos directed at him during the San Francisco 49ers’ preseason game against the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night, Colin Kaepernick called the crowd’s negative reaction a “misunderstanding.”
Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, said the reason he refuses to stand for the national anthem has been distorted. He also said he will donate $1 million to groups that help people affected by the issues he is trying to spotlight — such as racial inequality and police brutality — with his continued protest.
“The media painted this as I’m anti-American, anti-men-and-women of the military and that’s not the case at all,’’ Kaepernick said after playing the first half of the 49ers’ 31-21 victory over the Chargers. “I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put themselves in harm’s way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee so I have the utmost respect for them.
Colin Kaepernick getting Booed !! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/U2c2KZfds1
— The Prince Of NJ (@iamLilKarl) September 2, 2016