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A California newspaper debunked an attempt by Donald Trump to criticize pro football players protesting extrajudicial killings by police by illustrating the real context behind a photograph he shared via his Twitter account. On 4 January 2018, the San Diego Union-Tribune highlighted the following tweet from the president: The photograph showed a woman lying down with an infant near a headstone. Trump's tweet linked to one by another user, Corey Jones, who posted the image with the caption, THIS IS WHY WE STAND: Jones failed to mention that former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who originated the protest prior to the 2016 regular season, began taking a knee after consulting with an Army Special Forces veteran, Nate Boyer. Further, the Union-Tribune confirmed that it first published the photograph of Jenn Budenz at the grave of her husband, Marine Corps Maj. Andrew Budenz, in 2014. But it also noted that contrary to Jones' suggestion, the major was not killed in action; he actually died in September 2013 in a motorcycle accident. Photographer Hayne Palmour IV, who captured the images of Jenn Budenz and the couple's young son A.J. for the newspaper, said of the president's comment:
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