This item, as well as a related article recently posted will hopefully add some balance and clarity for those that have been shielded from the whole truth surrounding the N.F.L. protests since Colin Kaepernick outed the unequal justice system in America.
Lets get the whole story out by starting with the President of the United States of America, issuing a foul mouthed statement, which pathetically tried to channel the late N.Y.Yankee's owner, George Steinbrenner, by intimidating anyone in the N.F.L. protesting at the playing of the National Anthem, a veiled threat to discharge their employment, summarily, for challenging the Government's corrupted judicial system that has separated Americans from equality.
"97 YEAR OLD WW.II VETERAN TAKES A KNEE TO SUPPORT THE N.F.L. PLAYERS AGAINST TRUMP"
http://www.newsweek.com/military-veteran-kneeling-nfl-national-anthem-670341
This proud 97 year old veteran and others cited, have reminded President Trump of just what the Flag and the National Anthem represent, which is freedom - not to obey a contradiction to it, by dismissing a sincere conviction to exercise freedom of expression openly, without fear from anyone in power, trying to snuff it out, with an insecure, totalitarian rant, not worthy of any President of the United States of America.
What this goes to is the false belief held by President Trump and others that the Flag and National Anthem are so sacred and sacrosanct that no one can dare expose, in public, the injustices practiced by this government that are in everyone's face today.
In seeking to confuse the public, many are recklessly using the race card to deflect the far larger issue Kaepernick raises in his protest, which is the right to protest the government openly, which itself, uses these coveted patriotic symbols like they are somehow maintaining the protection of a copyright to further perpetuate and cover the government's continuing illegal judicial outrages.
It would be helpful for all Americans to remember - you own the flag, the flag does not own you and this President deserves only a firm stand down order from the People for exceeding his Constitutionally mandated authority. No government official has the authority to violate or impune the rights of any citizen to exercise God given Constitutional Rights (except in declared war or under martial law)
President Trump in his abysmal failure to "Jail Crooked Hillary" as promised in his Presidential Campaign, now demonizes anyone who protests the blatant example of what Colin Kaepernick fully exposed in his unedited Press Conference, explaining why he refused to stand during a National Anthem Ceremony in 2016 - for a totally rigged, separate judiciary, that to the connected in D.C. provides immunity against prosecution and to the disenfranchised, a cold prison cell. When Colin Kaepernick took issue with the 33,000 destroyed emails from Hillary Clinton's server in her home, the liberal press edited/censored that section of the press conference to protect Clinton in her Presidential run for office. Today, President Trump is doing the very same thing, because the unheard, censored views of Kapernick demonstrate the EXACT reason why many are now are joining in his protest against those in government who are not being held accountable by a separate system of law enforcement, protecting the criminal elite throughout America.
President Trump is now being totally exposed as a monumental hypocrite by saying one thing and doing just the other regarding the prosecution of Hillary Clinton. Why else has she been not arrested, booked and jailed for violating National Security, destruction of government communications (emails) and lying to Congress? Why was former F.B.I. Director Comey only fired and not arrested, booked and jailed for obstruction of justice in refusing to even investigate Clinton's obvious criminality? What else is this President hiding regarding this case?
Why has the media not provided the ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM 2 YEARS AGO? FURTHER - WHY DON'T YOU KNOW OF THIS KEY COMPONENT OF THE STORY?
In order to know the truth, you must receive the truth, uncut, unedited and whole. This video contains all of the content of Colin Kaepernick's 2016 Press Conference most of America has never heard.
"COLIN KAEPERNICK OUTED "CROOKED HILLARY"BEFORE DONALD TRUMP DID"
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?noframes;read=84413
Finally, as to why we have a Flag and a National Anthem as symbols of freedom; they represent the very thing that is being expressed by those who choose to protest the government in a stadium or anywhere else they deem necessary to expose injustice.
Colin Kaepernick has stated; that when that Flag comes to fully represent what it was meant to be for all Americans, he will then stand.
He is not alone.
Paul Leo Faso