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Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters remained seated during the national anthem ahead of his team's season opener against the New England Patriots on Thursday night.
Prior to the game, Peters shared a photo of his cleats, which were emblazoned with the words "liberty" and "justice for all."
CNN: Marcus Peters Sits During National Anthem of Chiefs vs. Patriots
Peters continued the movement started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began protesting during the national anthem last preseason and carried it through to the regular season.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said to NFL Network's Steve Wyche in August 2016. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
- CNN
Something Marcus Peters and other understand deeply which others do not seem to understand at all is the government is not owed respect but rather must earn it. When the government demands obedience while it behaves in disobedient ways, that's not going to earn respect from anyone.
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Yes and Peters brings it in the finest tradition of non-violent resistance.
There's some mild comedy in this since most recently the Patriots were getting busted for lack of patriotism and possibly some on the Patriots will now be cracking on the Kansas City Chiefs for the same thing.
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