Marshawn Lynch stands firm with Colin Kaepernick — by sitting amid the national song of praise

Marshawn Lynch stands firm with Colin Kaepernick — by sitting amid the national song of praise 

Sitting on an orange cooler and snacking on a half-eaten banana on Saturday night, Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch turned into the most recent expert competitor to challenge bigotry and police severity amid the national song of devotion. 

Lynch didn't talk freely about the signal after the diversion, which was his first since coming back from retirement. In any case, in September, he told anchor person Conan O'Brien that he upheld quarterback Colin Kaepernick taking a knee amid the song of praise. 

Lynch wasn't in the NFL when Kaepernick stooped in challenge — and started a development among competitors in his game and others. 

"I'd preferably observe him take a knee than stand up, put his hands up and get killed," Lynch told O'Brien, standing and putting his hands up as though confronting the police. 

"My thought on it is [expletive] it got the opportunity to begin some place and if that was the beginning stage, I simply trust individuals open up their eyes and see that it's truly an issue going on and something should be accomplished for it to stop. In the event that you truly not supremacist, at that point you won't perceive the essence of what [Kaepernick is] accomplishing as a danger to America, however simply tending to an issue that we have." 

After Saturday's diversion, Raiders head mentor Jack Del Rio told correspondents that he didn't believe Lynch's sitting would be a diversion, as per the Arizona Republic, and said the signal was "a nonissue for me." 

"I conversed with Marshawn to ensure we're in agreement and he stated, 'This is something I've accomplished for a long time. It's not a type of something besides me acting naturally,' " Del Rio said. "I stated, 'To make sure you see how I feel. I firmly have faith in remaining for the national song of praise, however I will regard you as a man, you do your thing, alright, and we'll do our own.' " 

Kaepernick started the dissents in the preseason a year ago, when he was an individual from the San Francisco 49ers. The dissents moved other dark competitors — in the NFL and in different games — to make their own song of devotion challenges. 

At that point president Barack Obama said Kaepernick was "practicing his sacred appropriate" to challenge and bring consideration regarding racial foul play, as per USA Today. 

"I don't question his genuineness," Obama said. "I ponder some genuine, real issues that must be discussed. In the case of nothing else, he's created more discussion about issues that must be discussed." 

As The Washington Post's Des Bieler composed, many trust Kaepernick's challenges are the reason the quarterback, who drove the 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, stays unsigned. 

Prior to a preseason diversion on Thursday, Philadelphia Eagles security Malcolm Jenkins raised his clench hand as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played, Bieler composed. 

Jenkins did likewise for each consistent season amusement played last season, aside from one played on the commemoration of the Sept. 11 assaults. 

As Jenkins clarified in an announcement, "Last season, I raised my clench hand as an indication of solidarity to help individuals, particularly minorities, who were are still unjustifiably losing their lives because of officers with next to zero outcome."

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