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  • 2017-09-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Did an NFL Player Burn an American Flag in a Locker Room? (en)
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  • In September 2017, as the attention of the United States turned to National Football League players who took to kneeling during the national anthem as a form of a protest against police brutality, a photograph purportedly showing a Seattle Seahawks player burning an American flag in a locker room started making the usual outrage rounds: This image, posted by the Vets for Trump Facebook page on 28 September 2017, has been digitally altered, but offered up as genuine. The original was taken by Seattle Seahawks photographer Rod Mar, and it showed NFL player Michael Bennett performing a now-traditional post-victory dance in the Seahawks locker room: Bennett has participated in pre-game protests, and on 28 September 2017 he spoke at a CNN event about what he and the other NFL players hope to accomplish by kneeling during the anthem: However, while Bennett has kneeled in protest and although he has appealed to change the culture, he has not burned an American flag to make his point. (en)
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