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Cat: Thank you for your insight and taking the counter position. While doing so, you have made my point. Two examples:

"Black people were 39% of people killed by these 100 (largest) police departments despite being only 21% of the population in their jurisdictions." This is only relevant if you also supply the percent of crime committed by blacks in these urban areas. The fact is, an overwhelming majority of the crimes is committed by blacks, which is why blacks tend to get shot by police.

"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." Again, because blacks commit crime, at least violent crime, at a rate 4 times higher than white people. Not many drive-by or police shootings in East Greenwich or Barrington. And there's a reason for that.

I do not question the rights of players to protest, though I find it curious that these protests are not occurring on players' days off (i.e. Mondays). I do, however, question their right to protest on company time during the work day. And it is more than a little rich to see millionaires protesting 'racial injustice', only to return to mansions after the game. Do these guys have a right to protest the country and culture that has made them fabulously wealthy, and so during the playing of the national anthem? Yes. But I believe Colonel Jessup said it best: "I would rather you just said Thank You and went on your way."