San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem during a Friday evening preseason football game.
Kaepernick, whose base salary is nearly $12 million, decided to sit to protest the injustice against African-Americans in the U.S., according to NFL.com.
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