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August 24, 2017

NYC: More than Thousand People Rally to Support Colin Kaepernick
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In New York City, more than a thousand people rallied in support of
former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick outside the
National Football League headquarters in Manhattan Wednesday. Last
season, Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem to protest
racism and police brutality against African Americans. His actions
sparked similar protests across the NFL and other professional sports
leagues. He has yet to be signed by an NFL team for the upcoming season,
which many believe is a retaliation for his activism. This is
15-year-old Luis Franco speaking during Wednesday's protest.

Luis Franco: "My name is Luis. I'm here to watch the protest of K being
whiteballed out of the NFL for taking a knee. There's a lot of black
people being killed with no justice. They say justice for all. We're all
Americans. We all live here in America. He's taking a knee for all the
people who are not getting any justice and for the NFL to take him out
and tell him he's not allowed to play I think is wrong. I play football
myself for my town, my city, and I think what's going on is wrong. I
don't think he should be in any trouble for taking the knee. I
understand why he took the knee. I understand his reason for doing it. I
would have done the same thing if I were in his position."



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