Unfortunately, there are individuals that are choosing to take a knee with the pledge or with the anthem. They are doing this peacefully, but I truly believe that this is a negative impact on our society. I do not believe that the football player, Mr. Colin Kaepernick knew that his actions of sitting down and then taking a knee would reach the interest level that it has when he did this on national television.
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Kaepernick's hope that will create change through a peaceful protest. Other professional athletes have also begun to raise a fist during the national anthem as their sign of peaceful protest as their sign of concern with racial relations.
I feel that their act of peaceful protest, even though the national anthem is not an actual law, but an unwritten law to respect America. It is a peaceful teaching moment no matter what you choose to do, kneel or stand, verses what some cities have had with violent protest, shooting and killing of innocent police officers and also brutally hurting others in public. This display of protest, I feel, is the incorrect way to demonstrate your feelings or