Gabe Kapler: ‘I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going ahead until I feel higher about the course of our country’

Talking within the dugout of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I do not plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better in regards to the path of our nation."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mother in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her kids. They blocked dad and mom trying to prepare 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 resolve that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra essential than our children's freedom to go to school without needing bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

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

"I am not okay with the state of this country. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I want that I might have demonstrated what I discovered from my dad, that while you're dissatisfied with your nation, you let it's recognized by means of protest. The home of the brave should encourage this."

Kerr refused to talk about basketball forward of Sport 4 of the Warriors' sequence against the Dallas Mavericks, as an alternative elevating his voice as he railed against gun violence in the wake of Tuesday's taking pictures.

"Within the final 10 days, we have had aged Black folks killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we have had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we have kids murdered at college," Kerr told reporters firstly of the press convention.

"When are we going to do something? I am drained. I am so tired of getting up right here and providing condolences to the devastated families which can be on the market ... I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough."