Gabe Kapler: ‘I do not plan on coming out for the anthem going forward till I feel better in regards to the route of our country’

Talking within the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler said, "I do not plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the path of our nation."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mother in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her children. They blocked parents attempting to prepare to charge in to cease the shooter, including a father who realized his daughter was murdered whereas he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians resolve that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra vital than our youngsters's freedom to go to high school with no need bulletproof backpacks and lively shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he known as "the lack of supply of the promise of what our national anthem represents."

"I'm not okay with the state of this country. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I may have demonstrated what I discovered from my dad, that whenever you're dissatisfied along with your country, you let it's recognized via protest. The house of the courageous should encourage this."

Kerr refused to speak about basketball ahead of Sport 4 of the Warriors' sequence in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks, as a substitute raising his voice as he railed against gun violence within the wake of Tuesday's capturing.

"In the last 10 days, we have had elderly Black folks killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we have kids murdered in school," Kerr told reporters firstly of the press convention.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am tired. I'm so uninterested in getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families which can be on the market ... I am bored with the moments of silence. Sufficient."