Gabe Kapler: ‘I don’t plan on popping out for the anthem going ahead till I really feel higher in regards to the route of our country’

Talking in the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler mentioned, "I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going ahead until I feel better in regards to the direction 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 children. They blocked parents attempting to prepare to charge in to stop the shooter, together with a father who learned his daughter was murdered whereas he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians determine that the lobbyist and gun industries are more essential than our youngsters's freedom to go to school with no need 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'm not okay with the state of this nation. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I may have demonstrated what I discovered from my dad, that if you're dissatisfied with your nation, you let it be identified via protest. The house of the brave ought to encourage this."

Kerr refused to discuss basketball forward of Sport 4 of the Warriors' series towards the Dallas Mavericks, as an alternative raising his voice as he railed against gun violence within the wake of Tuesday's taking pictures.

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

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