I want to ask you if you think that is what's happening on a broader front. So you two had disagreed, you two talked, and then you two came to respect and mutual respect and understanding. It's been really cool, though to see the reaction, you know, to see certain law enforcement officers, people around the world really using that gesture as sort of a unifying stance. I'd love to bad I'm sure he's plenty busy. I gotta ask you have you talked to Colin Kaepernick in the past couple of weeks after all this happened? But if you look back on it now and where we're at today, it could also be seen as a very unifying moment: two people who maybe don't always see eye to eye, different opinions, one man kneeling, one man standing, you know, in support of rights and freedoms. But I think taking a knee from my perspective, my opinion is more respectful." And so he decided to take a knee that night, and I stood next to him when they played the San Diego Chargers, the end of the season there, and I stood next to him during that anthem and some people booed. I said, "No, but you know, no matter what you do, some people will be offended. And through our conversation, he asked if there was a difference that I thought he could demonstrate that wouldn't offend people in the military. So I met with him, before the final preseason game in 2016, just a couple of months before the election. Colin read it and actually reached out and wanted to meet with me. So I wrote this open letter to the Army Times, went pretty viral. Hurt just because of what those symbols meant to me. A year later, you know, Colin is sitting on the bench during the national anthem and explaining, you know, this is for, doing this to speak out on on social injustice, police brutality, racial inequality, things like this. ![]() I wept when I hear that her that anthem that first time. I mean, I had to carry one of my best friends in a box draped with an American flag, so those symbols mean something very special to me. And the one game I got to play in for Seattle, I stood on the field while the anthem played and it was a really emotional moment for me just thinking about my brothers and arms, guys that were still fighting overseas, those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice. But you know, I had a lot of different experiences before that leading up to that. So when Colin Kaepernick came along, I was immediately a big fan because this guy had a pretty immediate impact once he stepped on the field and I loved the way played the game and I just pulled for the guy.Īnd, you know, I went to college, after the time in the army, went to college at Texas and had that brief pre-season with the Seahawks at 34. And then we weren't very good for a long time. ![]() When I was a kid, it was the Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig, Ronnie Lott-era with four Super Bowls, and obviously Steve Young, as well. Yeah, you know, I actually, like you said, I grew up in the Bay Area grew up a huge 49ers fan. He says he expects more NFL players will be kneeling in the future. RELATED: NFL condemns racism, apologizes for not listening to players' earlier protests about racial injusticeīoyer grew up in the East Bay and played for the Seahawks during the 2015 pre-season. "It's been really cool to see certain law enforcement officers, people around the world, really, using that gesture as sort of a unifying stance," said Boyer during an interview on ABC7 News Tuesday. Nate Boyer, the former Army Green Beret and NFL player who spoke with Colin Kaepernick about kneeling before the national anthem in 2016 spoke to ABC7 News Anchor Kristen Sze about his relationship with Kaepernick, recent protests and people taking a knee. ![]() SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has issued an apology saying the league was wrong in the way it handled its response to player protests in the past against police brutality and racial injustice. Nate Boyer, the former Army Green Beret and NFL player who spoke with Colin Kaepernick about kneeling before the national anthem in 2016, spoke to ABC7's Kristen Sze about his relationship with Kaepernick, recent protests and people taking a knee.
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