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I guess I am still unable to get behind the fact that protesting only counts if you hold the same opinion. How can someone else determine if a cause is "right"?

JohnStark - Where are your statistics about unarmed Black Americans being shot at while not committing a crime? According to mappingpoliceviolence.org:

27% of U.S. police killings between January 2013 - December 2017 were committed by police departments of the 100 largest U.S. cities.

Black people were 39% of people killed by these 100 police departments despite being only 21% of the population in their jurisdictions.

Only 1 of the 100 largest city police departments did not kill anyone from Jan 2013 - Dec 2017 (Irvine, CA).

48% of UNARMED people killed by the 100 largest city police departments were black. These police departments killed unarmed black people at a rate 4 times higher than unarmed white people.

Rates of violent crime in cities did not make it any more or less likely for police departments to kill people. For example, Buffalo and Newark police departments had low rates of police violence despite high crime rates while Spokane and Bakersfield had relatively low crime rates and high rates of police violence.

Fewer than 1 in 3 black people killed by police in America in 2014 were suspected of a violent crime and allegedly armed.

99% of cases in 2015 have NOT resulted in any officer(s) involved being convicted of a crime.

There is a very dire problem in our society right now. People are dying for no other reason but the color of their skin. Police are not being held accountable and the shootings continue. I don't care who or how the message gets out, as long as it does get out. Now in 2018 we also have a rise of white supremacy which impacts the black race in many ways. Combine the two and it has become almost a crime to be black in America. I am sorry if a NFL player has impacted your entertainment making a protest (silently) about issues that directly impact them. I am not sorry they are doing it because they are making themselves heard.

And for Kaepernick, he is busy right now putting his money where his knee is. He is campaigning to send water and aid to famine-endangered citizens in Somalia. He runs the Colin Kaepernick Foundation to help fight oppression through charitable endeavors, social activism and donated his own money to organizations that work with oppressed communities. He has spend more than $900,000 to more than a dozen different charities.What have you done with your own money to help the our brothers and sisters in high risk communities?

It is the right of every American to peacefully protest. It doesn't have to meet your criteria of "right".