Three Miami players kneel during Star-Spangled Banner on SundayChief of local police union attacks Arian Foster and others for actionsThree Miami Dolphins players – Arian Foster,Kenny Stills and Michael Thomas – knelt during the national anthem on Sunday, days after a local police union attacked their protest. The players were following the lead of the San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick, and who was the first NFL player to sit out the Star-Spangled Banner in protest at racial inequality in the United States. The union for Broward County sheriff’s office wants police to pause their protection for Dolphins players after Foster,Stills and Thomas chose to kneel for the national anthem final week - linebacker Jelani Jenkins opted to stand on Sunday. The president of the union, Jeff Bell, and also said that NFL players should forfeit their right to free speech while representing their team. Related: Colin Kaepernick’s critics are ignoring the target of his protest | Bryan Armen Graham Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com