Disgraced former NFL player O.J. Simpson, who was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping by a Nevada court in 2008, publicly claimed that NFL player Colin Kaepernick "made a bad choice" by taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in America while a player for the San Francisco 49ers:
O.J. Simpson, whose murder trial tugged at racial tensions across America, says he believes football player Colin Kaepernick "made a bad choice" when he decided to keep kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.That is a giant load of hypocrisy from O.J., and he knows it. Also, Colin Kaepernick didn't make a bad choice by taking a knee during the national anthem as a form of political protest. While I would never use our country's national anthem to stage a political protest of any kind, I respect the legal right of American citizens, whether it be Colin Kaepernick or anyone else, to peacefully protest.
"I think Colin made a mistake," Simpson told the Buffalo News this week in his first substantial interview in a decade. "I really appreciate what he was trying to say. I thought he made a bad choice in attacking the flag."
I don't believe for one second that Kaepernick should be lectured by a convicted felon on the difference between right and wrong.
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