San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he will no longer come out for the national anthem before the start of each game following the massacre of schoolchildren in Texas.
Kapler told reporters in Cincinnati ahead of the Giants game against the Reds Friday that he would not participate in the national anthem ceremony"until I feel better about the direction of our country."
"Players, staff and fans stood for the moment of silence, grieving the lives lost, and then we continued to stand,, proudly proclaiming ourselves the land of the free and the home of the brave. We didn't stop to reflect on whether we are actually free and brave after this horrific event, we just stood at attention" said Kapler's post.
"But 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 trying to organize to charge in to stop the shooter, including a father who learned his daughter was murdered while he argued with the cops," said Kapler.
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