Gabe Kapler: ‘I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going ahead till I really feel better concerning the course of our country’

Speaking within the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I don't plan on popping out for the anthem going ahead until I feel higher concerning the course of our nation."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mom in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her kids. They blocked mother and father trying to arrange to charge in to stop the shooter, including a father who realized his daughter was murdered while he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians determine that the lobbyist and gun industries are more necessary than our youngsters's freedom to go to school without having bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he called "the shortage of delivery of the promise of what our nationwide anthem represents."

"I am not okay with the state of this nation. I want I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I could have demonstrated what I realized from my dad, that while you're dissatisfied together with your country, you let it's identified via protest. The home of the brave ought to encourage this."

Kerr refused to talk about basketball ahead of Recreation 4 of the Warriors' series towards the Dallas Mavericks, as an alternative elevating his voice as he railed towards gun violence within the wake of Tuesday's capturing.

"In the final 10 days, we've had elderly Black folks killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, we have had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now now we have kids murdered at college," Kerr told reporters initially of the press convention.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am drained. I'm so tired of getting up here and providing condolences to the devastated households which can be on the market ... I am bored with the moments of silence. Sufficient."