FACT CHECK: Did a U.S. Veteran Influence Kaepernick's 'Take a Knee' Protest of Police Brutality?

It is not hard to find a misinformed veteran about rights and responsibilities as employees, even in the NFL. He has a right to protest and speak and act but not when he is on the field of play. He is an employee. Employees cannot say and do whatever they want when they are "on the clock". Anyone telling you anything else is uninformed or willingly misleading you.

Here us what he 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," Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

From your article "There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police. So that’s a large part of it and they’re government officials. They are put in place by the government. So that’s something that this country has to change. There’s things we can do to hold them more accountable. Make those standards higher. You have people that practice law and are lawyers and go to school for eight years, but you can become a cop in six months and don’t have to have the same amount of training as a cosmetologist. That’s insane. Someone that’s holding a curling iron has more education and more training than people that have a gun and are going out on the street to protect us."

It is very easy to see why people don't care for him and think he is an absolute idiot.

He also said this ""This is not something that I am going to run by anybody," he said. "I am not looking for approval. I have to stand up for people that are oppressed. ... If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right."

Well, he has lost football and probably most if not all of his sponsors. He has alienated a large portion of the NFL fan base. He got what he said was fine by him. When you make your bed, don't complain when you have to sleep in it.

Thanks. The veteran can come out and say he had this discussion with Kaep and the haters will still say it isn't true. They'll fight from their "bubble bunker" to the bitter end before admitting they were misinformed.

The thing is I'm not only an Army Veteran but a Police Veteran as well and they are protesting the 99% of us tjat aren't racial and that hurts! I was almost killed 11 years ago taking a drug dealer/user off the streets. Happy yo say he'll never hurt anyone again!