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Kaepernick: Buffalo was worst city to me
The Buffalo News ^ | December 21, 2016 | Nick Veronica

Posted on 12/21/2016 7:33:22 AM PST by PGR88

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was asked Tuesday if he felt his reception varied by the city he was playing in.

That was "very evident," Kaepernick responded. Atlanta was the warmest to him. Buffalo was the worst.

"I think that’s something, to me, that was very evident depending on where we were playing," Kaepernick said. "Atlanta was somewhere where I had a lot of support, a lot of people saying they agree with what I’m doing, support it and are happy that I did it. And to keep going, stay strong.

"And there’s other places where the fans don’t agree as much – Buffalo in particular was one where that was very evident. So it shows the different cultures and different beliefs throughout this country and it also makes it very evident that there’s a difference in perspective between White America and Black America."

Kaepernick was asked what made Buffalo different.

"I think volume, what I heard, things that I saw after the fact as far as in the parking lot, T-shirts, all of those things," he said. "It was very evident that this was something they don’t agree with, which, to me, I don’t understand."

A group of Bills fans knelt during national anthem outside the stadium to show their support for the quarterback who was doing the same on the sideline, but they were a small minority of fans. T-shirts were for sale outside the stadium that featured Kaepernick's torso in the crosshairs of a rifle. Some fans put his jersey on a tackling dummy and repeatedly drove it to the ground.

After the game, a 45-16 Bills win, linebacker Eli Harold said the treatment Kaepernick received inside the stadium was "just the norm."

"Nothing any different than the San Diego game when this first started," he said. "Nothing different."

But Kaepernick did add in his press conference that at least his death threats were "rare occurrences now."


TOPICS: Local News; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: blm; dramaqueen; kaepernick; nfl; thugculture
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WELL DONE BUFFALO!

1 posted on 12/21/2016 7:33:22 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88
I am proud of my home town!!

GO BILLS!

2 posted on 12/21/2016 7:35:06 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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HOORAY Buffalo. For What It’s Worth...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY


3 posted on 12/21/2016 7:37:09 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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awww....poor baby


4 posted on 12/21/2016 7:38:56 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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But Kaepernick did add in his press conference that at least his death threats were "rare occurrences now.

Well sure if you commit career suicide with all your losses this year death threats seem superfluous.

6 posted on 12/21/2016 7:40:12 AM PST by xp38
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Cry me a river.


7 posted on 12/21/2016 7:40:32 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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Soon he can report back on the crowd response in the CFL. Is the Arena League still playing?


8 posted on 12/21/2016 7:41:05 AM PST by Jimmy The Snake
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To: PGR88

Drop dead, Colin.


9 posted on 12/21/2016 7:41:21 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PGR88

Looks like football’s answer to Dennis Rodman.


10 posted on 12/21/2016 7:42:30 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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How stupid are the 49’ers? Cutting this guy was the obvious choice weeks ago.


11 posted on 12/21/2016 7:43:22 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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Tom Brady doesn’t get a warm reception in Buffalo either. It’s called “Winning”, Colin. You should try it. Instead of whining.


12 posted on 12/21/2016 7:44:17 AM PST by MGG
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To: Nifster

Sometimes a good slap in the face is what you need to wake you up.


13 posted on 12/21/2016 7:44:28 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: PGR88

He believes everyone should agree with him?


14 posted on 12/21/2016 7:44:46 AM PST by Leep (Stronger without her!)
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Three cheers for Buffalo!

As for the 49ers, I’m disappointed that they won their first game. Otherwise the season is exactly what they deserve for showcasing a traitor in what is supposed to be the entertainment industry.


15 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:02 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAH, Atlanta didn’t support him. He knows that.


16 posted on 12/21/2016 7:45:17 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
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I can read defenses better than this moron....He was a one-trick pony and the league caught up to him.


17 posted on 12/21/2016 7:46:25 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: commish

Only because they played the Patriots in San Francisco and not at the Razor. (Brady, Belichek, Kraft. Kraft visited the PE at the Trump Tower after the election.)

Patriots fans are more representative of the 35% of New Englanders who are died in the wool conservatives.


18 posted on 12/21/2016 7:46:58 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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......and yet he was pathetic and the team lost in both host cities. Bench him SF. Montana, Young,..... Kaepernick!


19 posted on 12/21/2016 7:47:09 AM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: commish

I have grown to hate my city.


20 posted on 12/21/2016 7:47:11 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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