Seahawks' Russell Wilson states Colin Kaepernick was 'trying to do the right thing'

NFL athletes are joining in  Black Lives Matter movement as y spre awareness over racial discrimination using ir respective platforms. most recent NFL veteran to talk about ongoing George Floyd protests is Seattle Seahawks star, Russell Wilson. Russell Wilson spoke about ongoing civil unrest in United States after tragic death of African-American citizen George Floyd at hands of four Minneapolis police officers last week. NFL veteran also spoke about Colin Kaepernick kneeling protest and what that meant to Black Lives Matter movement in 2016-17.

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Seahawks star Russell Wilson lauds Colin Kaepernick kneeling display

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While talking to Seattle Times via video conference, Russell Wilson recalled Colin Kaepernick kneeling display from 2016-17 season. seven-time Pro Bowler heaped praise on former San Francisco 49ers quarterback saying, "He was trying to do right thing." Russell Wilson was quoted as saying, “I don’t kw what everybody’s going to do and how y’re going to do it, but it’s calling for people to understand what’s really going on. It’s heavy on me because I think reality is with Colin, in particular, is he was trying to symbolise right thing. People may have taken that wrong way. But I think he was trying to do right thing. bottom line.”

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 XLVIII Super Bowl champion mitted that football is last thing on his mind at present. Russell Wilson ded, “I don’t want to talk about football. I think about pain of George. I think about Ahmaud [Arbery]. I think about Breonna [Taylor]. I think about se people who have been murdered. It’s a lot of pain on my heart right w. A guy was murdered last week. re needs to be a change. re needs to be a change. It’s t overly complicated.”

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