How Colin Kaepernick went from football star to civil rights icon | Nightline

[@ryanshelby6745]

Over 700 thousand slaves being sold in Africa, currently. And it’s been going on for centuries in Africa. Funny how that always seems to slip people’s minds.

[@Shisobumping]

Maybe just yours but I new that

[@datvsl8554]

john wayne sarcasm?

[@daviddissatisfied3938]

Trump turds

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

@@daviddissatisfied3938 so ignorant

[@sirenenoire4091]

Sadly it happens all over the globe. There are hundreds of thousands to millions of slaves in China, India, Russia, etc. Americans have to focus on America right now so we can strengthen our unity as a nation.

[@Andi-81]

Where was his glorification before all this? Took me a long time to realize that the media is bipolar. 😒

[@abepresume8132]

It's not bipolar. It's racist, evil.

[@sarahjustice526]

Lol

[@IWantToMature85]

We knew about this before he kneeled.

[@mikenelson8377]

abe presume says who?

[@HBK970]

Kappy's just a puppet playing his role in the elites agenda, if you're too blind to see that then I have some good news for you hun, now you know. This was all planned out all along, just like a script in a movie, Kappy gets paid to play his role.

[@rick_222]

Everyone clap for the white man and white woman that raised him while for some reason his biological parents couldn't.

[@sylezjusz]

Why though? They seem to have done a terrible job of raising him

[@richardbarajas6953]

@UCLFvvd6Urf7FhvLaECq-zLw nah they did great got him to collage and a nfl contract he turned into a fuckin idiot

[@omikredarhcs8221]

Biological parents, didn't have the spine to raise him. Black father/white mother, the things said about that are tremendous. I had 2 black girl friends, the racism and things said to us broke us apart.

[@viper2148]

@@omikredarhcs8221 ha Ha, “the racism” was from black men and other black women.

[@omikredarhcs8221]

@@viper2148 that funny to you?

[@Canduts2020]

You stand for what's right no matter what the consequences might be.

[@ousmanekonate5253]

And you will be of the right side of history

[@chrisbabcock9097]

Lol, money often allows cowards to take a stand, were was this punk before the money? What a coward

[@mustardafterlunch31]

Is it right that he did this on his way out of the nfl knowing he was no longer having everybody watch him so he decided to do something to get more attention... yea real motivstional

[@mauriceharris9087]

Very Hard to do

[@Ilikepats]

Then why arent there protests against lgbt?

[@apotebill]

NFL: “We should have listened to the players.” DJ Khaled: “ You played yourself.”

[@ralphwoekel4266]

Huh? NFL viewership is gonna go down 100%

[@michaelhorner4011]

What talent does DJ Khaled have ....answer....none!

[@CHAMP_theBULLDOG27]

I highly doubt the NFL will be “done” lol

[@CHAMP_theBULLDOG27]

Honestly I don’t care 🤷‍♂️ 😂

[@Digger-Nick]

@American Pie Covid doesn't last forever moron. . .

[@shoooja]

Bruh he is the last thing I would think of for ‘civil rights icon’

[@larrejackson8722]

Hey he trying to do better

[@Pat9201]

@@larrejackson8722 ya...sure..lol

[@Abulls33]

@@larrejackson8722 and he is failing

[@vedji1857]

Standing up against prejudice in a time where it's normal? I think that's pretty much a civil rights icon

[@Abulls33]

@@vedji1857 then you’re wrong. Kneeling during the national anthem is in no way “standing up against prejudice” and it doesn’t make you an activist. It’s just blatantly disrespectful.

[@ronaldmcdaniel7183]

WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, JUST DO IT. LOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

[@ronaldmcdaniel7183]

GOD IS IN CONTROL, ALL WHO BELIEVE AND KNOW THIS ARE SAFE. AMEN

[@TRUTHSEEKER-eh6lz]

👍

[@jesevetuku3763]

@@ronaldmcdaniel7183 Amen brother🙏

[@kinggeorgewallen]

@Jason Crosby You don't know God.

[@A_lantsov]

Amen, yes yes yes!!! It backfired on all those who opposed his stance! Redemption is sweet

[@b.visconti1765]

Everyone should have the right to protest..peaceful..respectful and with conviction..

[@TheLightSideReactions]

He has the right. He's still an @$$hole.

[@lenndawg1]

At work tho?

[@joetable663]

Everyone has the right to not be brainwashed by a political psy-op

[@airdee]

@@TheLightSideReactions so are you dumb ass

[@TheLightSideReactions]

@@airdee - I may be an @$$hole, but I'm a patriot. Kap is a Kommie @$$hole, so I claim the high ground.

[@blufilmsesa]

People: "Why don't they protest peacefully!?!" Kaepernick: *just kneels during anthem. An action that he made sure was appropriate by asking troops beforehand. *Career gets destroyed and massive public harassment.

[@DyingBreed8]

Uh, nah. If you hear what he says originally his intentions were not good.

[@rosepetitfrere6815]

04mzwach ahhh the conspiracy nut...I’m sure George Floyd didn’t die horribly too!!! STFU...all ya need to STFU!!!

[@blufilmsesa]

@@DyingBreed8 Lemme guess, him kneeling without speaking... was a secret ploy to get today's youth to do heroin and beat up their elders?

[@DyingBreed8]

@@blufilmsesa nah, he wasn't even kneeling at first. Do your research. Dont praise him just because the media is on his side. And addressing the other commenter, george floyd got murdered. It doesnt mean theres not cops killing every race. Racial inequality is bogus.

[@DyingBreed8]

@@rosepetitfrere6815 racial inequality = democratic party

[@donelion6459]

Instead of listening to his act , they now have to face the consequences of a tired populace .

[@chucknorrisjr829]

Tired of what exactly?

[@Babyboy_Matt]

They should've listened

[@kevinjohnson9848]

@@chucknorrisjr829 you do the math 🤨

[@chucknorrisjr829]

@@kevinjohnson9848 did the math. Still not adding up

[@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627]

mshesh16 and that’s up to y’all to change that! Most of you guys don’t see a problem with it, you see it don’t even make the news

[@ParkerCharlesGabriel]

Keeping Victimhood on Life Support

[@KJSoFunny]

2020 was most definitely a very different year

[@malachi519]

Trump: it won’t happen, he’s disrespecting the country. Obama : he’s exercising his constitutional rights. We love you Obama

[@angrythompson5568]

That's how much it takes to bribe you? No wonder swindlers like Obama and Biden can become presidents nowadays.

[@rory7952]

@@angrythompson5568 ur a sad, angry man

[@bigverybadtom]

You do, we don't. We love Trump, who was the best President we had in decades.

[@edwardsbaron3935]

"How Colin Kaepernick went from football star to civil rights icon" (Hint, it wasn't through being good in the NFL.)

[@VibeinATLien]

He was pretty good

[@TANK0113]

@@VibeinATLien Yeah, he was good 2/6 seasons

[@mimip5410]

Hint, he was standing up for what is right and 4 years later the haters have woken up and realized he was right to protest peacefully.

[@WyattWinterfeld]

he looks to his left, throws and then they catch it for a touchdown, the defense that is

[@ohboy2592]

Mimi P what exactly is he right about? He was protesting incidents that were actually lies in the media and the DOJ and other agencies investigating them found the police did the right thing🤷‍♂️

[@southpaw404]

… if the national anthem was so important to the NFL, they would shut down the concession stands during the anthem to ensure everyone in the building respects it, not just the athletes. America is bipolar when it comes to race relations!

[@prometheuslens7825]

Ok so they should make every station grind to a halt for essentially 45 seconds. There’s a difference between being preoccupied or even ignoring it, verses actively protesting against it.

[@Semper_Iratus]

“The United States has become a place where celebrities and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance”. Robert Heinlein ~ To sail beyond the sunset.

[@brandonsmith3060]

Interesting they edit out the cop smashing their shield into the AUS news cameraman’s face at 59 seconds in...

[@rosanaaguila9869]

New app is cuter

[@sombrero8871]

Pretty sure the lady got a baton to the back of the head too

[@lordvoldemort5725]

They smashed her face? Where’s that video.

[@sombrero8871]

Lord Lol no one smashed the girls face the shield guy hits the cameraman, but I did see another officer swinging a baton at her when she was trying to get away

[@lordvoldemort5725]

Sombrero Oh ;-; I thought they smashed her face lmao

[@stevenjones684]

Leave it to ABC to call Kaepernick a “civil rights icon”.....absurd.....

[@lizseg1954]

WELL SAID!!! He wasn’t a great quarterback! He is doing this for media attention and the money! So ungrateful to his family and a racist!!!

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

@@lizseg1954 says the actual racist

[@jwatkins5065]

A black police officer in Georgia said he is ONLY KNEELING DOWN TO GOD & no man

[@trixy8705]

Good for him! We should not bow to other men or women ever!

[@lawrencelord9777]

Sounds completely unrelated to this video

[@elainesmith7512]

@Jonalyn Bato: When you kneel down to PROTEST injustice, aren't you kneeling down to God? God HATES injustice toward other people.

[@gregscott1672]

@@elainesmith7512 You can't tell these right wing clowns anything!

[@cocofluff]

Thats his rights. When I kneel in support of BLM its to an ideal, not to any living man or woman.

[@spencerace7167]

“Football Star”🤣

[@hmp5952]

This is what he is all about kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXicf5acq916m6s kzbin.info/www/bejne/moHCZXdmmtl7gdk

[@blackmexicantrumpvoter6509]

@@Tazinh_0 politics aside he sucks

[@RA-kk1rf]

"Football Star" wouldn't lose his job to Blaine Gabbert. LMAO!

[@bananka4905]

What? No. No. No.

[@thecaynuck4694]

@@Tazinh_0 No he isn't. He lost his job to Blaine Gabbert! LOL! He was okay for a season or two but sucks and has thrown many interceptions. He hasn't played for years and likely will never reach his prime.

[@luisruiz2011]

Let's not forget he praised Fidel Castro

[@Me-wq7jc]

And 9 yrs ago blessed folks while celebrating the 4th of July. He’s a walking oxymoron

[@imaniperry1974]

Kaepernick is a fraud, that was appropriating a cause for his own gain. Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the sitting and kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, no team picked him up, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016. Then, Colin knelt for the military because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling. Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality. My question is, if Colin Kaepernick didn't have that shoulder injury in 2015 and he was still in his prime as a star quarterback, would Kaepernick have been this "activist" against police brutality?

[@brownpride1179]

Nah. He never had a single civil rights activities before that. He only started it after he was benched.

[@SirNic4180]

You sound stupid 💀 you mad bro.

[@SirNic4180]

@Baiel Asan you reaching. Sit down. Go watch hockey.

[@brownpride1179]

@Baiel Asan Stupid and ignorant fools don't wanna accept the truth bruh. Don't sweat for them. And his Arab wife is a leftist activist bruh. Kapernick is also half white and was raised by white couple. He never experienced hardships and don't know anything about life in the black neighborhood.

[@thomasrobertson9643]

Thanks for brining this up. Some key facts that were overlooked. 1. Kneeling for the National anthem started AFTER he was benched on a 2-14 SF team. 2. He opted out of the final year of his contract with SF PRIOR to being benched 3. Was offered a contract by John Elway (known for his conservative views by the way) for $7 million to be a back up. He refused reportedly because he not only wanted to be paid more money, but also wanted a guaranteed starting job. Funny how all of these facts have been forgotten

[@chick-fil-agal2264]

@King Crusader right on just another tactics that half these lost souless fools fell for, his ass don't know 💩 about injustice only about been benched now he wants to claim his black underprivileged right.

[@Mureen2024]

Colin Kaepernick is a hero ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

[@audreymarie8883]

@Mureen Jason Your high bro

[@mizzou1016]

Hero’s don’t profit off slave labor like he does with Nike

[@SpookyTheScary]

7:57 Watch the body cam footage and you’ll see that this part is propaganda. He was detained for 10min and once they determined he was not the active shooter they released him. It had nothing to do with his race whatsoever. He took off running when the cops got close to him and hopped a barrier into traffic. The cops found that suspicious and briefly detained him.

[@hansjuker8296]

It's ALL propaganda

[@bestexas966]

Became a fan when he started kneeling

[@bestexas966]

@Oliver ClothesOff I hate injustice, not the U.S.A.

[@bestexas966]

@mshesh16 Nike sponsors the entire NFL! So I guess you also hate Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Tom Brady...

[@TheTruthUSA]

BesTexas him kneeling is a heroic thing for you lmfao you don’t deserve to have a texas logo for your profile pic and you don’t deserve to be an American with that fake news drama

[@bestexas966]

@@TheTruthUSA Never said he was a hero, but you have to admire someone who gave up millions of dollars to stand up(or kneel)for what he believes in. Instead of just saying, "fake news", make a point. My family has been in Texas before it was called Texas. I have every right to fly that flag, just as you have the right to fly the confederate flag, just not at NASCAR!

[@bestexas966]

@mshesh16 Every American is part of the corporate machine. You're trying to change the narrative. He was trying to bring attention to the fact that the police were killing black people. If you don't believe that, there's this video going around about this guy named Geor......

[@klassyk1094]

Colin just know that GOD says," I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you!!!!" For the Bible says LOVE is the greatest of all!!! LOVE!!!! Jesus loved the weak, the poor, the sick, and the lost!!! He sacrificed his life for them!!!!! For GOD so Loved the world that he gave his only begotten son!!!! God bless you and keep you for your sacrifice!!!!

[@letsprayandfasttogether9618]

Do you even pray?

[@God.sDaughter]

The thing is, conservatives and Republicants the so called “fine Christians” don’t give an F about God, Christ and the Bible. Whatever you wrote to them is nonsense. Get it? And they call themselves “Christians.” Good luck with that! But I agree with you.

[@letsprayandfasttogether9618]

Mary so you think the side that wants to kill innocent babies is the right side? Are you even a Christian?

[@Oubre84]

No Jesus ,but great at starting race war......he was raised by rich white family...he doesn't know about hardships...suck a d kap

[@timber72]

Calm down. Colin doesn't know or care what God says. ..and neither do you.

[@richiefreeman2249]

Lol I love how people still acting like he’s being blackballed. J shows how media can make you believe anything.

[@hmp5952]

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[@tovsteh]

@@hmp5952 Thank you for sharing.

[@hmp5952]

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[@AMYV3]

Are you kidding me 🤷‍♀️🤪 They are all wayyy too afraid to hire him because your country is soooooo messed up, (I mean come onnnnnn 49% 😏 of Americans saw who that 💩🍊🤡 was and thought yes let’s give him another Four yearsssss 😳😒🤦‍♀️🤪) the owners are afraid of loosing a big number fans, fans like you 😳🤦‍♀️ That’s NUTS!! Like actually NUTSSSSS !! Not the owners. The fans ( the me me me me me grew ) 🤪🤤 The 🌎😘

[@ballzfortwo]

@Amy v he was a good quarterback until he couldn't read defenses and got benched once defense figured out to keep him in the pocket he couldn't do anything anymore offensively

[@sharsh24]

Racism is always gonna be here no matter what

[@mcko5786]

It’s odd he has the right to make these decisions and act them out.

[@ItsJustSherirea]

🙄 another bot

[@princessmilkchocolate5246]

Wtf are you talkin about? 😅

[@princessmilkchocolate5246]

@@ItsJustSherirea right! 🙄 lol

[@ronaldmcdaniel7183]

Not odd just Faith

[@MrWillt100]

Ain't odd to me my knowledgeable friend, you also have the same rights. Hope that puts a smile on your dial.

[@jacov127]

Colin Kaepernick: I'm the most oppressed millionaire spokesperson for a company that uses child slave labor!

[@willapanews9761]

ABC news omitted all of Kaepernick's social justice work since his kneeling protest by using another black man saying "we have not heard from Kaepernick in a while." ABC news omitted Kaepernick's donations to Standing Rock protest against Dakota Access Pipeline, his Nike add, giving legal assistance and training.

[@ahumanjustbeing2466]

If I would have been on that stage getting all my body parts checked out for potential millions...Ida said,"check away!"😊

[@prometheuslens7825]

Voluntarily too lol

[@johnadenharvey5987]

I am a young black man. I know people felt like he was disrespecting the flag, but he wasn’t. I love this country’s flag. My great great great grandfather fought for it in the civil war and my great grandfather fought for it in WW2. One of my brothers even enlisted when he was younger. When those players kneeled, it wasn’t out of disrespect, I know that with all my heart. It was about preventing George Floyd and Jacob Blake. Black people have been beaten in the street in the U.S. by our own police force. It’s wrong and has to stop. So please don’t feel like we disrespect the flag, we are only trying to send a message. And Kaepernick knew that by doing it like that, it would get the most attention.

[@GIspecialty]

You need to do some research on those two guys and find some new heroes

[@descendantofchaoscontrover7046]

Here is a fun fact,the military wasn't even recognized in anything having to do with football until 1968. In regards to disrespecting those who are Vets,ironically who you think gets killed by the police? Most Vets suffer from PTSD,are homeless, denied benefits in which they should be entitled to,police don't have the proper training dealing with mental illness, so if a person who served this country suffers from whatever illness, they end up getting killed through police interaction,so Kaepernick kneeled for them as well,but some don't look at the whole picture, just what fits their b.s narrative.

[@lpmoualm]

America take a knee. Its time you look at yourself and see if we are the greatest country in the world.

[@feebeedoc78]

Lee Moua Oh that ship has long sailed.

[@Semper_Iratus]

Rose S too bad you weren’t on it.

[@doglady9334]

Not for a while now, but at least since November 2016

[@doglady9334]

@@Semper_Iratus kind of a jerk thing to say, don't you think?

[@rmac5584]

WE STANDING UP!!!

[@apinychuang1624]

“Stand up for what is right even if you stand alone. Stand up for truth, regardless of who steps on it” - Suzy Kassem

[@charlesevanspope]

Exactly. So nobody should be afraid to speak out against this bullshit. BLM doesn’t care about black lives. If they did they’d acknowledge problems like abortion and other blacks that kill way more blacks than cops do. It’s about socialism, not civil rights. They even took the gun away from the Missouri man who was defending himself from the mob who smashed in his neighborhood gate. Wake up bro

[@apinychuang1624]

Charles Pope Abortion isn’t just a black issue, it’s an issue that pertains to women and their freedom of choice, a choice which is being stripped from them due to men with a toxic level of arrogance oppressing women through policies and bills. It’s ironic how you’re speaking on your belief that Black people don’t care about other black people when this movement was re-sparked DUE to the mistreatment of other black people, it’s almost as if they are able to empathize with people who look themselves because they have the same fear of being brutalize by the authorities, I wonder why... To address your overused cliche argument of “black on black” crime, those people tend to get caught, charged and convicted. There’s nothing to fight for there, the law does it’s job in that aspect, the problem occurs when officers are unable to extend the same level of professionalism when the criminal is one of their own. No one should be above the law and no one should be protected for committing atrocious acts against another human being, especially murder. A quick fun fact: 40% of murdered across the States go unsolved. Thirdly, I’m not sure where you got your information from, no one took the gun away from that man and his wife that lived in the gated community in St. Louis. Matter of fact, the police got a warrant to search his house and confiscated the gun themselves. The Chief prosecutor put out a statement saying 'intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated' You’re severely misinformed, where exactly are you getting your information from because it seems as though those sources have their own agenda....

[@charlesevanspope]

Their*

[@charlesevanspope]

Hey let’s talk about freedom of choice for a sec. why doesn’t the baby get to have a choice to live. Just cuz it’s a dumb baby? If it was a one year old killed the narrative would be totally different. You’re morally sick

[@charlesevanspope]

“Women’s choice” my ass. Nobody should decide if another human lives

[@t.emanuelson4733]

nfl won't even touch about that saint qb brees against black and pro flags so it would be a nada!

[@gregscott1672]

@Jason Crosby: And Drew Brees did apologize. I would call both Brees and Kaepernick patriots for different reasons. Sorry, buddy. Your racism is being ignored these days and when NASCAR does not respect the loser confederate flag any longer, you racists say that you will not support them any longer. Well, guess what? There are young folks out there regardless of race that may support NASCAR and some may in fact, become stock car racers themselves. I may go to a NASCAR event now that the confederate flag no longer can fly in them. And you mocking Kaepernick's name speaks to your apparent ignorance!

[@colinlambert2356]

I had a seizure reading this

[@russl6006]

English plz

[@rizzb4011]

If these Black players want to make a statement, that has a real impact, they will sit out the entire 2020-21 season.

[@ryanrafiq7904]

"These black players" okay racist scumbag.

[@rizzb4011]

@@ryanrafiq7904 Sorry homie, I am Black!!😂😂😂😂😂😂 So yeah, the Black players!

[@rizzb4011]

@Dirty Autobot The economic impact to the owners will be far greater, if they sit out the entire season. Money is what the owners pay more attention to, and care about.

[@AlterMythic]

Rizz B keep on tap dancing buck

[@rizzb4011]

@@AlterMythic Imagine a name Fat Fuckeroo, telling someone to keep dancing.😂😂😂😂😂😂 Nice try, keep it moving. Change is coming coward!!

[@rooseveltheath]

no NFL team will ever sign him otherwise it would have happened a long time ago, he needs to accept that fact that his career is over

[@michaelwhigham7762]

I don't think he really cares I'm pretty sure he kinda knew that was gone happen

[@atrain818]

@@michaelwhigham7762 he made enough money. He chose 4 his career to end. He put his political views in front of his profession. I have seen ppl dismissed from my company for the same thing. I guess tho, good 4 him. He stood up for what he believed in, foregoing money.

[@psp785]

@@michaelwhigham7762 yet he still trying out for teams

[@dncsmedia]

Thanks Kap. They’re getting it now...

[@dncsmedia]

Jackson Turner 😉 I guess you missed cops coast to coast taking a knee. (What a time for it. Don’t you think?) So you find it funny now or before? Or what part really. It wasn’t ever comical. And hey if you find it as funny or that far from the truth - you can tell us why. 🙌🏼🤙🏼✌🏼❤️

[@dncsmedia]

Jackson Turner well I suppose that the revolution has many fronts. But just like nature.... Out with the old and in with the new. Time heals all wounds and jobs will be filled again. They may want to realize who they are... Police are Not above the people, but of the people and for the people. Some have forgotten or never actually cared to be a servant but rather show the world an authority figure. These authority figures are not the prize of the force. So if they rather be out of work then serving their community.... they forgot why they signed a contract and pledged and oath to protect and serve. Don’t worry bro. Things will all work out in time. 💪🏼🙏🏼✊🏼🙌🏼🤙🏼✌🏼❤️

[@dncsmedia]

Jackson Turner that’s all we can All hope and pray for. I truly don’t think anyone loves this 2020 chaos. 🙏🏼🙌🏼🤙🏼✌🏼❤️

[@Digger-Nick]

@@dncsmedia It's embarrassing that people are bowing down to hypocrites and false narratives.

[@dncsmedia]

@Tim Wong 🤣🤣 I think your ignorance is obvious. As well the fact that you are asian and are very familiar with racism as well. As for your last statement. And one not having anything to do with racism. Things must change. And it starts with the man in the mirror. So hopefully Everyone will make a change. Enjoy your day brother.

[@tweezee]

What pisses me off is how their ostracizing him now. But in the future they'll be say he's such hero and an inspiration. Just like they did Muhammad Ali. Appreciate him NOW. We love you brother Colin. Thank you ♥️

[@charleskimbrough2315]

He’s a brat, he literally just wants attention

[@tweezee]

@@charleskimbrough2315 Yet, here you are giving him attention 🤣🤣🤣

[@charleskimbrough2315]

@@tweezee haha... grow up

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

@@charleskimbrough2315 take your own advice brat

[@hamzah6731]

This man, is now in the same lineage with civil rights greats, in simple terms yall can now call him The Great Collin KAEPERNICK

[@imaniperry1974]

Colon Fraudpernick sounds better. As it's evident police brutality is DEFINITELY real against Americans and proportionally affecting the Black community. Kaepernick was appropriating a cause for his own gain. Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the sitting and kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, no team picked him up, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016. Then, Colin knelt for the military because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling. Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality. My question is, if Colin Kaepernick didn't have that shoulder injury in 2015 and he was still in his prime as a star quarterback, would Kaepernick have been this "activist" against police brutality?

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

Told you so!!! Go Kap!

[@tommanley2924]

And America now knows the NFL sucks even more than before.

[@edgywagy145]

Tom Manley MAGA love the NFL?

[@edgywagy145]

Tom Manley MAGA tested positively negatively towards NFL ?

[@edgywagy145]

Tom Manley Don’t the Lysol enemas brain freeze your ass ok

[@raygordon3728]

Colin decided to become an activist when the 9ers benched him. Then he had to keep going with it because you know, a mixed race kid raised by white people in Turlock Ca had a rough upbringing.

[@GeorgecortCortina]

yep, most kids would want the rough up bring

[@82ndAirborneBCo]

All the kids at his school said he was the riches kid going there.

[@ronnydisalvo80]

SPOILER ALERT....HE TOOK A KNEE

[@WilliamHMusic-oldschool]

The majority of liberal males are BISEXUAL and or HOMOSEXUAL. tinyurl.com/ybyebdlp 👈😀

[@mauriceharris9087]

Not football. And it didn't work

[@jimmyjones4753]

For something that's proven to be rights all alone ..Ty kap

[@TheLightSideReactions]

"He took a knee." Tanya Harding did it better. 😂

[@mauriceharris9087]

@@TheLightSideReactions George took a knee too🙄

[@ozfest8510]

‘Arguably a top ten quarterback in the game’ arguably is the operative word here🤔

[@larrejackson8722]

People will forget him in time

[@liamdunphy7496]

He was average

[@tylerthorn3303]

@@liamdunphy7496 less than average, let’s not sugarcoat it

[@lorenzobroussard6720]

Yeah..... I like looking back at average people who judges others ignorantly. Larre Jackson.....people, time, and history will never forget.

[@seewulf2385]

Worst losing streak in 49er history...O Yeh...sign'im up..

[@JustSomeDamnCalifornian45]

I respected his opinion until he compared the nfl to "slavery"

[@CarlosPineda-ng3es]

I have full respect for anyone with the balls to stand up to the machine

[@axelfoley1406]

The irony is that these same fools voted IN the "machine/system"....lol...Aka Biden/Harris. Smh. Come on, man. I'm a naturalized citizen AND a minority and I feel like I have better understanding of what is going on this country than people who have been here for more than a few generations. Everyone complains about "the system" without actually looking at what is going on.

[@mizzou1016]

What machine? Like Nike where he’s making millions off slave labor

[@huntcon5070]

Kap is NOT a victim.....

[@bigverybadtom]

Civil rights icon? You mean the one who's begging to be put back into professional football though nobody wants him anymore?

[@johnconor2152]

the truth hurts . give the man his job back

[@Unwoke25]

Nope he's a low-life hypocrite

[@johnconor2152]

@@Unwoke25 . look at UR name before U call someone hypocrite. Your parents is a low life

[@ousmanekonate5253]

@@johnconor2152 Amen and you know what he dont need the job anymore they need him

[@beardedbandittheroadwarrio5066]

Some people can't handle when you change the wallpaper in their safe place. #BustTheBubble

[@betokendollcrotchorourke6007]

Its like taking the plastic off the couch

[@beardedbandittheroadwarrio5066]

@@betokendollcrotchorourke6007 perfect analogy.

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Like liberals no justice for Vanessa guillon kil by a black military officer ok

[@beardedbandittheroadwarrio5066]

@@alfredoalcantar8691 not sure about the relevance of your comment. Yes she was killed. He wasn't a military officer. He was an enlisted soldier as she was. How can you compare that to law enforcement killing unarmed civilians?

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

The blow up was fentenyl, not that it was not material.

[@melrowood3784]

Kap became a civil rights icon when he used his KNEE for a CAUSE and NOT to kill.

[@poppy_anderson]

entitled pos

[@ronryan7398]

Yeah, and he really cares about that cause. You can tell by how much of his Nike money he's donated. I guess the kids working in Knight's sweat shops are there for after school activities.

[@couchwarrior2449]

"Kap" is a chump, a sukka, a joke. Sitting on the couch watching football instead of playing football. As it should be.

[@inigojuancarlos]

Remember that two African-American athletes who raises their fist to the air at the Olympics? That’s the same with this dude!

[@omartistry]

inigojuancarlos history is repeating itself.

[@timber72]

Not even remotely.

[@VibeinATLien]

@@timber72 it's exactly the same , and you're the same as those racists

[@aaronbozack830]

@@VibeinATLien lol that's abit of a stretch you dont know him yet you immedietly call him racist how about having a debate anf try to understand his perspective before you spout "racist" at the top of your lungs.

[@imaniperry1974]

Kaepernick was REALLY sitting because he had no control of his career any longer before the kneeling: 2015 Shoulder injury, $61m guarantee denied, only got $39m due to season ending injury, contract restructured plan failed in 2015, QB Challenge against Blaine failed in Training Camp 2016 Then, knelt because Nate Boyer told him to kneel, while Nate stands next to Kaepernick kneeling. Kaepernick was really upset with the NFL, not against police brutality.

[@anasshahid224]

Colin is a inspiration ❤️

[@toast3803]

@gwgb agreed.

[@benji9880]

I don't even want to watch football no more....

[@Mj-uz1ng]

Why not?? Cuz of kap

[@johnbork7053]

Double negative.

[@papadoc2750]

Equality and justice for all.✊🏿✊🏿

[@hansjuker8296]

He got justice

[@Herpes_free_since_03]

Tell me your black without telling me your black

[@SO-CAL]

The title should say how he went from wannabe NFL star to civil rights clown.

[@simonlong2305]

Kaepernick is the man for these timeS Courage is what he brings

[@simonlong2305]

keeper of the oath kzbin.info/www/bejne/oILGhnqwpauGoMk

[@jonmiller308]

I do believe his intentions were good. But if he is down with looting rioting and arson I can’t be down with him

[@Josejones_3321]

Colin Colin Kaepernick a civil rights icon is an insult to real civil rights icon

[@cantbeatthebay4765]

If you boo'd him in 2016, you're still a racist in 2020. *HANDS DOWN*

[@stiltmansstilt1014]

Kapernick is a clown .

[@teddyhart8693]

I’ll boo him all day if he’s disrespecting that flag.

[@teddyhart8693]

manny12176 ikr

[@mizzou1016]

If you idolize him you’re a black supremacist who believes black people can never be in the wrong. Why don’t you criticize him for profiting off slave labor?

[@rekus37]

Thank you Kaepernick.

[@w5monkey]

No..Nike thanks you!

[@derricknregina]

No matter what his haters say Kapernicks name will go down in history as a man of integrity and conscience and their name will be forgotten.

[@mizzou1016]

Integrity? Lmao he profits millions from slave labor through Nike. You’re a black supremacist who doesn’t have the ability to criticize a black person when they’re wrong

[@hansjuker8296]

He was a political puppet.

[@michelleautore2945]

Just like Muhammed Ali. Integrity, courage. Great man. He was right.

[@evie2500_]

I agree💯💯💯

[@hesomelo5910]

Don’t compare him to Ali ever again

[@michelleautore2945]

@@hesomelo5910 Or what?

[@hesomelo5910]

@@michelleautore2945 your just a straight dumbass if you compare Kap to Ali. Ali went through a time where segregation was allowed but you compare Kap to him

[@michelleautore2945]

@@hesomelo5910 You are excused for your ignorance and disrespect. I am old enough to be your grandmother. I compared him to Ali because like Ali he risked his career, the wrath of white people, and being blacklisted by the NFL for speaking out against Police brutality and the murder of innocent Blacks by police, the same thing that got Ali blacklisted. He too spoke against Police brutality, racism in America, and the murder of innocent Blacks by Police. Ali is one of my heroes. I lived during segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, I am an elderly Black woman. How dare you refer to me as a dumbass. If you knew who you were talking to you would beg forgiveness child. Ali was born in the segregated south but when he spoke against racism, refused to be drafted, and spoke against Police murder and brutality against Blacks he was living and worshipping with The Nation of Islam on the South Side of Chicago. You need to do your homework and speak from a place of knowledge rather than emotion. Peace

[@hottafyah663]

Righteousness can only come from people with great character! Most critics don't have the substance to understand that! May God guide and protect him always!

[@tigisttemesgen569]

Amen.

[@mizzou1016]

People with great character don’t make millions off slave labor like he does with Nike

[@Mhats]

Kaepernick and the NFL felt that being a civil rights activist was more important to him than football, that's why the NFL gave him the boot

[@bdbd1390]

and he was just a okay qb. If he was Patrick Maholes or Russel Wilson type player. He would still be a starter in the NFL. When your skills are less then your headache. You are gone.

[@hansjuker8296]

Sweep under the rug? It's all I ever hear.

[@stevenphelps7929]

I want to see collin and the world welcoming him back to the NFL and justice is put on the table for his sacrifice of his people.

[@eloheem08teflon39]

Not just for his people... for all people, no one is above anyone injustice is injustice..

[@bigverybadtom]

When he sued them and called them slave masters? Nobody wants him back.

[@spaceviking4966]

Wish Kaepernick all the best. Shame on the NFL owners.

[@shorton050980]

No matter how much the media tries to push that hes an icon, the people dont agree. Hes divisive, hateful, entitled and racist. Not something usually look for in a "civil rights activist".

[@chrishayden8055]

Oj made a statement too

[@followthepinkline]

And, he was peaceful. Something to think about. He deserves positive credit for leading a revolution. Give the man his job back plus a mult year-multi-million dollar contract.

[@stivbators339]

If being paid millions to throw a football and to be able protest your country's flag by taking a knee with no legal repercussions is oppression, you can oppress me all day. IF you disrupt the Greece national anthem you can face six months in prison. Similar penalties in Spain and France. Just saying.

[@aurora9252]

That's the beauty of freedom of speech

[@BlindMellowJelly]

I have eliminated the NFL from my list of things to do since the day they turned it into the flag or disrespecting the Nation.....I do not miss it and even if they allow Kapp back in, I am still not going to waste my time with them. I take my family on a second vacation with the money I used to buy season tickets and I enjoy that so much more than supporting a racist football league.

[@KGarn]

@BlindMellow: They didn't turn it into "the flag or disrespecting the Nation." Donald Trump just *said* they did in order to rile up people like yourself. Don't let dishonest people do your thinking for you. But hey, do whatever suits your family.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@KGarn You are so wrong, before the NFL had anything to say about it over 100 videos hit youtube saying Kap was disrespecting the flag. Before Trump said anything on the matter youtube spoke. It is a diversion which pre dates trump. Regan started the "just say no to drugs" the very week it cam to the news that he supported the contras and paid them with drugs only to have them end up in LA and saturating the market. Then he turned a blind eye when all the assult guns hit the ghetto. Diversions my friend. He made it look like black people invented crack all using diversions.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@KGarn I have studied these subjects and taught them on a collegiate level for over 30 years. Trust me when i tell you, I have not met anyone who can think for me and doubt Jesus Christ could out think me if we were debating.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@@KGarn I do this for a living, the day after he took the knee the first time 100 videos of racist white men burning his jersey. Calling him Nigger and wishing death on him. The videos are still here.....do some research and get back to me.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

@mm Sure I am, you came to comment to me so I am very important to you.

[@wolfgangdemmel3598]

Jesse Owens was celebrated in Germany more, than in the US.

[@rccaliracing9248]

Because colin has a good heart and he proved it he made a difference.

[@messagefromagoldeneagle]

So why do players kneel when a player goes down in the field, because it’s disrespectful??!! C’mon !!!

[@kimberlynance2711]

They don’t do it when the national anthem is playing. Standing for the national anthem is and always has been a sign of respect for this country

[@ousmanekonate5253]

Good point

[@kimberlynance2711]

Franz Kafka fluff?? You are no true American. And Kaepernick will never be a legend.

[@harrishaynes8633]

What kind of logic is this lmao

[@lawrencelord9777]

Idiot thinking all kneeling has to mean the same thing LMAO

[@gnayr1305]

Praise the Lord for diversity. 🙏❤️✊

[@hmp5952]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moHCZXdmmtl7gdk

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

No God broke diversity in the tower of babel

[@gnayr1305]

@@alfredoalcantar8691 ...or God created it. 🤔

[@64chevy475]

Bro why the hell did you have to take a damn knee

[@richwhite5003]

He forgot about all the police officers who sacrificed their lives during their service.

[@charlesjohnson5848]

You kneel for us we stand with you kap i love u bigger than the game

[@charmainestoner7255]

Idiots the cops have nothing to do with the the national anthem hope no one higher him

[@OKLAHOMAOUTLAW]

Has he started claiming his white side or is he still full on black and confused to why he's mixed not black

[@tommyvigil306]

Colin is the only icon I know sitting on the bench with no future in the NFL.

[@gloryb1001]

I don’t care how you protest, respect our flag my father didn’t fight for our country in vain. FREEDOM, protest peacefully not when the Anthem is playing please. Do it on your own time and don’t riot either and take a city hostage.

[@joetable663]

This is political

[@gloryb1001]

J Bellamy political or not our flag stands for freedom for us to be able to live in a country that has given so much to us. Protest in the locker room. And no I’m not racist my grandchildren are black.

[@daprincewhite3781]

Your dad dead because he couldn't aim

[@AlexZ-lc6nl]

Glory B, I love your comment. And I’m glad you have black grandchildren. However, you do realize he never meant to offend the flag or the anthem, right? He never mean to because it was a simple and quiet way to stand out from the crowd. The irony is, the highest moral standards go towards his cause to protest and say what he wants peacefully when he wants same as you or anyone else, and our military personnel fought and died for every American to have that freedom and right-the freedom of speech and protest in peace. You miss the mark in thinking he was offending the country when he just wanted the change that millions of cities are going through only through months of anger and uncontrolled rage. Because when you simply kneel they think you’re a traitor and they kick you out of the meeting, and when things finally get heated, they listen. It’s sad that it has to even get to violence for the country to change. I don’t like it either. I don’t support it. But we do have to be unbiased and see things for what they are and NOT what we want to see them as. He was never offending you or your family or the country or the flag; and that’s a fact.

[@jessiehathaway5720]

Exactly!!!

[@sqd37l]

civil rights icon??? leave it to abc

[@t-babyyupressed2906]

He Will Definitely Be In The History Books One Day👑👑👑

[@trixy8705]

I am glad I won't be reading that book or any of my children either.

[@jacquelinegray9011]

Also James Black the tennis player who was violently tackled outside a hotel and was arrested by the police for no reason. America was birth out of the colonists peaceful and violent protest against the ‘intolerable acts’ of the British Government . Protesting is the single most American thing any American can do to honor the Flag. The second is to fight ( in wars ) for the freedom to keep all our freedoms including the right to protest. The third is to vote!

[@IndyTraveler1]

He went to "civil rights icon" because he got benched....Once he was benched, the kneeling started. He wasn't an activist in college or in his early days of the NFL.

[@MM-dv9hp]

I LOVE the fact Colin KAPERNICK isn’t saying ANYTHING right now...His SILENCE is deafening and POWERFUL. The status quo should be embarrassed and ashamed...

[@MM-dv9hp]

Maya Turnnow they took a man’s livelihood over the truth...Police brutality!

[@Stormsinger99]

@@mayaturnnow9110 Nothing racists would be ashamed of...but decent people would be. Most everyone is better than your sort.

[@alexanderg1297]

“How Colin Kapernick went from mediocre quarterback to a complete joke.”

[@KishorTwist]

Civil rights icon??? Get out of here, ABC News.

[@urbanlinksportsent.9953]

NFL NBA might be done till we fix this..

[@markegan8469]

Looks like the BLMNBA is done! How prophetic! look at the ratings!!!!!!!!!!

[@PhilAbrahamZija]

The NFL should give this social injustice protesting its own 30 seconds or a minute of silence before or after the national anthem but not during the national anthem this 1min and 53 seconds is sacred for our flag and what it stands for and this way they have their moment and it becomes more meaningful..

[@rodochrous]

@Gwendolyn Greyer You can if you're their boss - keep politics at home, or you're fired.

[@danieltongaww]

There’s a reason why he does it doing during the national anthem!!

[@kjflyte5088]

He isn't a civil rights activist. He hides accountability,, he is a horrible person and even worse football player.

[@ShinbrigTV]

I don't even watch football anymore but Colin Kaepernick you have my respect!

[@collinhennessy3190]

Ok, I was on his side until i heard Al Sharpton speak on his behalf.

[@BishopWalters12]

LOL, this aged like milk.

[@moniquewrites9046]

His life is much like Moses. Thank you Kap. Your sacrifice transcends and goes beyond. Wow. Modern Moses.

[@guerradad2427]

Modern Moses who calls people the N-Word www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/11574968/lamarr-houston-confirms-colin-kaepernick-used-n-word-chicago-bears-win-san-francisco-49ers

[@disknee6630]

Cap so much cap