Posted on 09/19/2017 5:07:03 PM PDT by TigerClaws
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Every player on the Cahokia Quarterback Club football team (8 and under) took a knee during the national anthem ahead of Sunday’s game at Little Devil’s Field in Belleville. “One of the kids asked me if I saw (people) protesting and rioting in St. Louis. I said yes; I said, ‘Do you know why they are doing it?'” said Coach Orlando Gooden.
Coach Gooden said his player responded, "Because black people are getting killed and nobody's going to jail.”
Gooden, who played football at Mizzou, said the kids knew about the Jason Stockley decision.
“I felt like it was a good teaching moment for me to circle the team and have a meeting,” he said.
The coach said he spoke to them about that and other situations that have happened in our country. He then explained why former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the anthem.
“One of the kids asked, ‘Can we do that?’ I said, ‘As long as we know why we're doing it, I don’t have a problem with any of it.’”
When the anthem started, the Cahokia third graders immediately took a knee where they were standing. Their backs were away from the flag—but not on purpose—according to Gooden.
“What I teach my kids is love, integrity, honesty, fairness, respect and boundaries,” he said.
All the parents on the team supported the coach’s decision to take a knee. However, a Facebook post by Gooden’s wife was met with some backlash.
“As long as I have support of my parents and team, I’m perfectly fine, and I'm covered under the First Amendment to peacefully protest and assemble,” Gooden said.
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D'Isiah T. Billings-Clyde
D'Jasper Probincrux III
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This is but a means to an end. The end is keeping blacks on the liberal plantation and having them in mental chains forever.
Not only will they do it, but it will be a feature article in the NYTimes Magazine and an around-the-clock human-interest story on CNN.
Making Democrats of them for life. More you hate your country, more you’re likely to vote for the party out to ‘fundamentally transform’ it.
That’s quite a roster. I especially like Hingle McCringleberry. Not one not-made-up name in the pack.
Take a guess.
The bigots on the left are disgusting.
Are all these people aware they can leave America? If you so hate a country you have to disrespect it then leave.
Where would they go?
They want to blame others for their problems to extort handouts. That’s the Democrat game.
Bleccch
Another leftists forcing his political beliefs upon an audience of captive children.
“Hello, team. I’m your coach. We are here to play football, not make political statements. You want to kneel for the national anthem? Make your decision wisely, because everyone who kneels, instead of showing respect for our country’s national symbol and song, will be riding the bench for this entire game. And if we don’t have enough players to play, then we forfeit this game. Choose wisely.”
This is what Democrats do; they lie and distort the truth especially to children up to 30 years of age.
I'd like to see him take a knee.....to the groin.
The majority of men here on FR still watch professional football.
Apparently we don't care.
The little bastards need a spanking!
I’m sick of these people.
Get out if you don’t like it here.
football for 8 year olds should be dead.
You may be right. I have seen quite a bit of condemnation.
I would hope we could see this issue clearly here.
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