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NFL Protest Many Americans disapproved and were very angry about the NFL protest. Americans think protesting during the national anthem was disrespectful to our military and the nation, but like Washington, I believe it is a reaction to racial discrimination and police brutality against African Americans. In the article “ Kneeling Isn’t about Patriotism—It’s a Distress Signal,” author Marvin Washington, a former NFL player, discusses how the protests by NFl players are for raising awareness of racial inequality. I agree with Marvin Washington because he showed in the article how Your racial background is a reason behind police brutality and how the law violates our constitutional …show more content…

A police in our society is supposed to serve as our protector. Their job is to save lives not destroy them, not to racially discriminate, their jobs is to catch the criminals to make us safer. The chances of America seeing how police brutality is towards the African Americans is really low. Some victims are even scared to file a complaint against a police brutality, they ask themselves if the police that was supposed to keep them safe is destroying them what’s the point of filing a complaint. Police brutality against the African Americans is the most serious leads in America that keeps violating the human rights law. The law stated that all men are equal no matter what their ethnicity is, but police brutality is mainly against African Americans. 80% of the times and 10% of Latinos. This is a violation of our constitutional rights. America shouldn’t be against the NFL protest because they are Americans to and a citizen first they should be allowed to protest where ever they feel they will be heard, they should be allowed to fight against racial discrimination. There hasn’t be one city Mayors concerning about this issue, giving use ideas of how to end police

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