Gabe Kapler: ‘I don’t plan on popping out for the anthem going forward till I really feel better in regards to the route of our country’

Speaking in the dugout of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I don't plan on coming out for the anthem going ahead until I really feel better in regards to the route of our country."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mom in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her youngsters. They blocked parents making an attempt to organize to cost in to stop the shooter, together with a father who learned his daughter was murdered whereas he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are more essential than our kids's freedom to go to school while not having bulletproof backpacks and active 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 nationwide anthem represents."

"I'm not okay with the state of this nation. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I want that I might have demonstrated what I discovered from my dad, that while you're dissatisfied with your country, you let it be identified through protest. The house of the brave ought to encourage this."

Kerr refused to talk about basketball ahead of Sport 4 of the Warriors' series towards the Dallas Mavericks, instead elevating his voice as he railed towards gun violence in the wake of Tuesday's capturing.

"Within the final 10 days, we've had aged Black individuals killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we now have children murdered at college," Kerr told reporters at the start of the press convention.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am drained. I'm so tired of getting up here and providing condolences to the devastated families that are on the market ... I'm uninterested in the moments of silence. Enough."