49ers’ Eric Reid transcript: The meeting that inspired a remarkable scene

On early Thursday afternoon, at the Westin Hotel in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, a black NFL player, a biracial NFLplayer and a white former Green Beret met for over an hour.

And that’s how it came to pass that safety Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick knelt during the playing of the national anthem while Nate Boyer stood to Kaepernick’s left, with his right hand over his heart.

It was a remarkable scene. And Reid explained how it unfolded after the 49ers’ preseason finale Thursday.

The meeting was launched when Boyer, 35, penned a thoughtful open letter to Kaepernick, which inspired the quarterback to invite Boyer to the game as his guest. During their meeting in the hours before the game,…