FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protest

Agents kneeled in Washington DC during protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/fbi-fires-agents-kneeling-2020-racial-justice-protest

 

NFL decision to permit kneeling protest by players enrages Donald Trump

The US National Football League is embroiled in a standoff with President Donald Trump after it said players would be allowed to “take the knee” during the American national anthem in protest against racism. After the NFL announced its U-turn, Trump tweeted late on Friday night: “We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag – NO KNEELING!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/nfl-decision-to-permit-kneeling-protest-by-players-enrages-donald-trump

American fencer kneels on medal stand during anthem, tweets about Trump and gun control - The Washington Post

Race Imboden tweeted that he was demonstrating against "a president who spreads hate."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/11/american-fencer-kneels-medal-stand-during-anthem-protest-gun-violence-trump-racism/

Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad spurs spike in sold out items - Raw Story

Nike Inc has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since the controversial ad campaign featuring former NFL player Colin Kaepernick appeared earlier this month, according to data on the company's online sales from Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/nikes-colin-kaepernick-ad-spurs-spike-sold-items/

Over 40 athletes, coaches, sports commentators, and others explain player protests - YouTube

Conservative commentators and guests have complained that athletes haven’t adequately explained why they’re protesting in the first place. But current and retired professional athletes, student athletes, coaches, sports commentators, and others have explained at length what they are fighting for. Here are over eight minutes of examples....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUMGJM-tyk

Russian trolls are still using the anthem controversy to sow division on social media - The Washington Post: Analysis

Russia continues to show that it is aware — and willing to exploit — the racial tensions in the United States. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/11/russian-trolls-are-still-using-anthem-controversy-sow-division-social-media/

Why people are angry over a Washington Post fact check about police shootings - Vox

The article argued that there were "virtually no shootings of unarmed black children" in recent years. ....
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/31/17806216/washington-post-police-shootings-black-children-glenn-kessler-tamir-rice-jordan-edwards

Republican County Secretary Resigns After Calling Kneeling NFL Players "Baboons" - VICE:

In since-deleted Facebook posts, Beaver County Republican Committee secretary Carla Maloney also wrote, "You don't like it here go to Africa see how you like it there."....
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/pawje8/republican-county-secretary-resigns-after-calling-kneeling-nfl-players-baboons

Fox News fails to recognize prayer - The Washington Post: Opinion

A clueless choice of photos betrays a fundamental Fox News constituency. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/06/05/fox-news-fails-to-recognize-prayer/

Detroit Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy Pens Stirring Essay in Support of Athletes Who Kneel | Alternet

"Honoring America has to mean much, much more than standing at attention for a song."....
https://www.alternet.org/culture/detroit-pistons-coach-stan-van-gundy-pens-stirring-essay-support-athletes-who-kneel

Trolls, Scammers, and Verified Facebook Pages Made This Combat-Wounded Vet an Anti-Kneeling Meme. His Real Story Is Much Better. -- The Daily Beast

Earl Granville remembers someone from Outside Magazine taking the picture after he'd finished a 60-hour, 70-plus mile Spartan Race. There's Earl, his prosthetic leg in frame, decked in a black-and-white shirt that reads "Agoge." That's the name of the grueling, two-and-a-half-day endurance test he'd just finished. It's a race so rigorous, even for those without a prosthesis to worry about, that "Every man dies, but not every man lives" is its tagline. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trolls-scammers-and-verified-facebook-pages-made-this-combat-wounded-vet-an-anti-kneeling-meme-his-real-story-is-much-better

An entire German soccer team took a knee before a game, echoing the NFL anthem protests -- Business Insider

A Berlin-based soccer team knelt before a game on Saturday. Both players and officials of Hertha Berlin got down on one knee prior to the game "For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore!" according to a tweet by the team. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/german-soccer-team-hertha-berlin-kneels-during-national-anthem-nfl-protest-2017-10