Colin Kaepernick's Violation Of First Amendment Rights In Sports
As the United States evolved, the amendment effected arenas and situations where it never could’ve anticipated. One of the areas includes the First Amendment rights to free speech which is entering into sports. First Amendment rights and sports are becoming increasingly in conflict and are being brought into question. The Actions of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick refusal to stand during the Star Spangled Banner demonstrates his interpretation of the 1st amendment. His deterrence to participate was because, the anthem itself has an unexpected connection to slavery. His exposition shows that Sporting events directly affect law enforcement and first amendment rights validating that no one has the right to provoke you from simply expressing your opinion when protesting at a sporting event.
During the 2016 NFL preseason, Kaepernick said he was pressured to kneel in part because of a series or outbreaks of police-involved shootings that resulted in the deaths of black men, including Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. He stated "I am not looking for approval," he said at the time. "I have to stand up for people that are oppressed.” For some NFL …show more content…
The forgotten lyrics which states “No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” the word “slave” being mentioned isn’t as shocking because, slavery was still occurring in the United States in 1814. Key himself owned slaves, was an anti-abolitionist and once called his fellow African associate "a distinct and inferior race of people.” Most interpretations of these lyrics affirmed Key was, in fact, taking pleasure in the deaths of freed black slaves who had fought with the British against the United States. Slaves were offered freedom in return as black recruits by British forces but, people like Key, viewed their acts as acts of betrayal and
During the 2016 NFL preseason, Kaepernick said he was pressured to kneel in part because of a series or outbreaks of police-involved shootings that resulted in the deaths of black men, including Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. He stated "I am not looking for approval," he said at the time. "I have to stand up for people that are oppressed.” For some NFL …show more content…
The forgotten lyrics which states “No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” the word “slave” being mentioned isn’t as shocking because, slavery was still occurring in the United States in 1814. Key himself owned slaves, was an anti-abolitionist and once called his fellow African associate "a distinct and inferior race of people.” Most interpretations of these lyrics affirmed Key was, in fact, taking pleasure in the deaths of freed black slaves who had fought with the British against the United States. Slaves were offered freedom in return as black recruits by British forces but, people like Key, viewed their acts as acts of betrayal and