Rev. Al Sharpton: Don’t apologize, give Colin Kaepernick his job back
The civil rights leader spoke at George Floyd’s memorial on Tuesday and called out NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for his recent comments that the league was wrong to not listen to players’ previous protests against systemic racism.
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AL SHARPTON: Oh, it's nice to see some people change their mind. The head of the NFL said, yeah, maybe we was wrong. Football players, maybe they did have the right to peacefully protest. Well, don't apologize. Give Colin Kaepernick a job back.
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Don't come with some empty apology. Take a man's livelihood, strip a man down of his talents. And four years later when the whole world is marching, all of a sudden you go and do a FaceTime talking about you sorry?
Minimizing the value of our lives. You sorry? Then repay the damage you did to the career you stood down, cause when Colin took a knee, he took it for the families in this building, and we don't want an apology. We want him repaid.
