Rally in support of National Football League quarterback Kaepernick planned

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Rally in support of National Football League quarterback Kaepernick planned

Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, appears to have been blackballed this summer for choosing to kneel during the national anthem last season, citing police violence and social injustice against minorities.

“Rally for Colin Kaepernick” was organized by a coalition of advocacy and faith-based groups and sports figures working with The People’s Consortium for Human and Civil Rights.The organization explains in an emailed statement that the action will protest National Football League teams’ ongoing refusal to sign Kaepernick, despite his previous success as the 49ers’ starting quarterback (including a Super Bowl appearance).

Aside from the various home-opener demonstrations, a major pro-Kaepernick protest is scheduled to take place in Manhattan outside the NFL league office on August 23.

He says he didn’t organize the protest, but he supports the quarterback and “his stance on the injustices in the United States of America”.

Lee also tweeted that he did not organize the rally, as had been reported. Frank Schwab for Yahoo Sports then invoked a name familiar to Chicagoans: “Lee tweeted about the rally two days after the Miami Dolphins passed on Kaepernick to sign Jay Cutler, which doesn’t seem like a coincidence”.

The Seattle Seahawks are the only team that has hosted Kaepernick since he opted out of his contract with the 49ers and became a free agent.

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