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Kaepernick releases powerful video on police killings to mark anthem protest anniversary
Kaepernick asks: ‘How can you stand for the national anthem of a nation … that is so unjust to many of the people living in it?’
Three years to the day since he first began his protest against racist police violence, Colin Kaepernick has posted a stirring and emotional video to remind us that the fight is far from over.
Link to tweet
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In the video, which features graphic footage of a number of high-profile police killings, Kaepernick asks: “How can you stand for the national anthem of a nation that preaches and propagates freedom and justice for all, that is so unjust to many of the people living in it?”
Also appearing in the video are family members of people who have been killed by police, including Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
“Basically, he took a knee for all these families that are out here today for freedom,” says Felicia Thomas, mother of Nicholas Thomas, who was killed by police in 2015.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/15/colin-kaepernick-take-a-knee-police-killing-video-protest-anniversary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3iH5GLFyTzmH5ZRHwHJkSF_w9bUtx-YIzC2rpraOKwzC5I8lCN7tuhH1g
