Posted on 10/01/2017 7:01:07 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Defiant NFL players continue to kneel while others raise their fists hours after Trump warned them to stand for the national anthem while Oakland Raiders' Marshawn Lynch arrives to stadium sporting an 'Everybody v Trump' T-shirt
Roughly 30 players on the San Francisco 49ers knelt during the national anthem Sunday, with a standing player placing a hand on the shoulder of a kneeling player in front of him.
Just one week after more than 100 players took to their knees during the The Star-Spangled Banner, smaller protests could be seen as the NFL games kicked off on Sunday.
Just 11 players knelt or sat during the anthem in the early slate of games with most players protesting ahead of the anthem.
But in another en masse protest, nine Seattle Seahawks players sat on the bench while the anthem played.
Others raised their fists in the air during the national anthem for a second straight week as they defied a fresh demand from President Donald Trump to stand.
In a unique protest, Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch arrived for his team's game against the Denver Broncos wearing a T-shirt that read: 'Everybody v. Trump'.
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