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WOUNDED KNEE: NFL Players Kneel for Social Justice, But Is Trend Now Splintering Liberals?

WOUNDED KNEE:  NFL Players Kneel for Social Justice, But Is Trend Now Splintering Liberals?

The trend of National Football League players electing to take a knee during the singing of the national anthem, launched last year by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a means of protesting alleged racial biases in the criminal justice system, soared to new highs Sunday after President Donald Trump tore into kneeling players Friday night during a speech in Alabama. But is the kneeling movement, initiated by Kaepernick to protest police brutality, on the verge of splint

The trend of National Football League players electing to take a knee during the singing of the national anthem, launched last year by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a means of protesting alleged racial biases in the criminal justice system, soared to new highs Sunday after President Donald Trump tore into kneeling players Friday night during a speech in Alabama. But is the kneeling movement, initiated by Kaepernick to protest police brutality, on the verge of splint…