MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Alex Boone, now an offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings and once a teammate of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, had some choice words for him after Kaepernick sat during a national anthem over the weekend.
The 49ers were playing a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, and Kaepernick chose to sit and not acknowledge the anthem in a form of protest over alleged police brutality involving African-American men.
Kaepernick said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.