NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES ¨C Most of the National Football League¡¯s Houston Texans team knelt in protest as the national anthem was played for Sunday¡¯s game in Seattle, an apparent rebuke of team owner Bob McNair for his remark about ¡°inmates running the prison.¡±
Backlash over the comment rekindled a national debate over NFL players, mostly African-Americans, who have broken with tradition by taking a knee or raising their fists during ¡°The ¡°Star-Spangled Banner¡± to protest racial bias in the U.S. criminal justice system.
U.S President Donald Trump escalated the controversy in September when he suggested owners should fire any ¡°son of a bitch¡± who refused to stand for the anthem.
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