REALLY ABOUT POLICE
BRUTALITY THEY SHOULD
PROBABLY PROTEST THE
OFFICERS ON THE FIELD
THAT ARE PROTECTING
THEM INSTEAD OF THE
AMERICAN FLAG."
THE WHITE HOUSE IS
BUILDING ON THE PUSH
AGAINST N-F-L PLAYERS
KNEELING DURING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
GOOD EVENING -- I'M
JOHN STEHR.
AND I'M ANNE MARIE
TIERNON.
THIS DEBATE IS
HEATING UP WITH
COLTS PLAYERS AND
NOW A LOCAL
COMPANY GETTING
INTO THE FRAY.
FIRST.. OUR KEVIN
RADER IS LIVE WITH
THE RESPONSE TO THE
KNEELING DURING
SUNDAY FOOTBALL.
IT IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME POLITICS HAS
VIOLATED THE
SANCTITY OF SPORT
AND IT WON'T BE THE
LAST. FROM JOHN
CARLOS IN 1968 TO
COLLIN KAEPERNICK IN
2017. IT HAS OUR
ATTENTION AGAIN. SO
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
31-42
110-115
IF YOU DRIVE INTO
WHITELAND OFF OF I65
ON EAST MAIN IT WON'T
TAKE YOU LONG TO
NOTICE THE ROAD IS
LINED WITH FLAGS ALL
THE WAY INTO TOWN.
"WE ARE LIKE THE
MAYBERRY OF THE
MIDWEST."
LESTER ROBERTSON
HAS TWO FLAGS
OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE.
WHO CAN BLAME HIM.
HIS SON SERVED IN
IRAQ.
"YOU DON'T DISRESPECT
THE FLAG OR THE
CONSTITUTION."
THAT IS WHY WHAT
HAPPENED AT NFL
STADIUMS INCLUDING
LUCAS OIL ON SUNDAY
HURT SO DEEPLY.
"IT REALLY IRKS ME WHEN I
SEE THOSE PEOPLE
STANDING, KNEELING AT
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THEY MIGHT AS WELL TURN
THEIR BACK ON THE FLAG
AND SHOW THEIR
COWARDICE BECAUSE
THEY WILL NOT PICK UP A
GUN AND GO TO A FOREIGN
COUNTRY AND PUT THEIR
LIFE ON THE LINE."
A FLAG ALSO FLIES
ABOVE DONNIE
WHEATON HAS HE
RECEIVES A WEDDING
GIFT FROM HIS NEW
BRIDE MARCIE. A
BRICK WITH HIS NAME
ON IT TO HONOR HIS
SERVICE DURING
DESERT STORM BEING
PLACED AT THE BASE
OF THE SOLDIER AND
SAILORS MONUMENT
ON THE CIRCLE.
"I DO FEEL TRYING
HUMBLED IN THE COMPANY
OF SUCH HEROES OF WWII
AND KOREAN WAR."
HIS NAME WILL JOIN
2,000 OTHERS....200,000
BRICKS ARE STILL
WAITING TO HONOR
MORE HOOSIER
VETERANS. HE SEES
THIS FIGHT
DIFFERENTLY.
"I BELIEVE COLLIN
KAEPERNICK IS
EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO
FREE SPEECH. THAT IS
WHAT WE FOUGHT FOR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE
WITH THE SPEECH. THAT IS
NOT NECESSARY BUT HE IS
EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO
FREE SPEECH. WHAT HE
BELIEVES IN. THAT IS HIS
RIGHT AND THAT IS WHY
THESE PEOPLE FOUGHT
AND DIED FOR THAT."
SO HE WAS NOT
OFFENDED BY WHAT HE
SAW SUNDAY.
"WE ARE NOT IN A
COUNTRY WHERE WE
CAN'T DO IT. IN SOME
COUNTRIES YOU ARE PUT
TO DEATH BUT THAT IS NOT
THE CASE HERE IN
AMERICA. HE CAN
EXPRESS, THEY CAN
EXPRESS THEIR RIGHT TO
FREE SPEECH."
WE ARE ALL USED TO
PICKING SIDES IN
POLITICS AND SPORT.
WE JUST DON'T LIKE IT
WHEN THE TWO SIDES
COLLIDE. THESE TWO
WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPLORE THEIR
DIFFERENCES ON EWN
AT SIX.
THE COLTS GOT THEIR
FIRST WIN OF THE
SEASON YESTERDAY --
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
FOCUSED ON WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE THE
GAME.
SOME PLAYERS ON
BOTH
TEAMS...PROTESTED
DURING THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM.
THE DEBATE OVER THE
MESSAGE THEY'RE
TRYING TO
SEND...CONTINUES
TODAY....JASON SPELLS
HAS WHAT THE
PLAYERS ARE SAYING
TODAY.
AFTER THE
PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS THIS
WEEKEND, MANY
EXPECTED TO SEE NFL
TEAMS TAKE SOME
SORT OF ACTION
DURING THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM.
AS A TEAM THE COLTS
DECIDED TO FACE THE
FLAG, WITH THEIR
ARMS INTERLOCKED,
BUT A FEW ON THE
TEAM DID TAKE A KNEE.
COLTS SAFETY DARIUS
BUTLER WAS AMONGST
THOSE PLAYERS.
HE ONCE AGAIN
ADDRESSED
YESTERDAY'S DECISION
TO KNEEL WHEN HE
MET WITH THE MEDIA
TODAY.
WHEN ASKED ARE
THESE PROTESTS
GOING TO CONTINUE,
HE TOLD REPORTERS:
'I KIND OF DON'T WANT
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
KIND OF HIJACK THE
NARRATIVE OF WHAT
THE PROTEST STARTED
WITH AND WHAT IT'S
ULTIMATELY ABOUT,
BUT HE DEFINITELY
KIND OF I GUESS
THREW FIRE ON IT IN A
SENSE. FOR ME, IT WAS
A POINT WHERE I HAD
TO MAKE A STAND.
"I HAD TO BE CLEAR
ABOUT WHERE I STOOD
AS FAR AS HOW I FELT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME
HOW I'M VIEWED BY
THE FANS, BUT FOR ME,
MY FAMILY, MY
COMMUNITY, MYSELF
HOW I SLEEP AT NIGHT
THAT OBVIOUSLY
HOLDS THE MOST
WEIGHT."
THE SPORTS WORLD'S
REACTION TO THE
DONALD TRUMP ISN'T
JUST LIMITED TO THE
NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE. THE
PRESIDENT ALSO TOOK
TO TWITTER TO RECIND
HIS WHITE HOUSE
INVATITION TO THE
NBA CHAMPION
GOLDEN STATE
WARRIORS.
WELL THE BASKETBALL
WORLD WEIGHED IN AS
WELL.
THE CLEVELAND
CAVALIERS HELD THEIR
MEDIA DAY THIS
MORNING. LEBRON
JAMES A VOCAL CRITIC
OF THE PRESIDENT
DIDN'T HOLD BACK.
"BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS
IS THE GREATEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
IT'S THE LAND OF THE
FREE. BUT WE STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE, AND
WHEN WE HAVE THOSE
PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO
COME TOGETHER AND BE
AS GREAT AS WE CAN BE
AS A PEOPLE. BECAUSE
THE PEOPLE RUN THIS
COUNTRY. NOT ONE
INDIVIDUAL. AND DAMN
SURE NOT HIM."
THE INDIANA PACERS
HELD THEIR MEDIA DAY
THIS MORNING AS
WELL.
COMING UP AT 6,
PACERS PRESIDENT
KEVIN PRITCHARD
ADDRESSED THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM
PROTEST DEBATE.
AND THE STANCE THE
PACERS ORGANIZATION
INTENDS TO TAKE
AN INDIANAPOLIS
BUSINESS IS TAKING
SOME HEAT.. FOR ITS
RESPONSE TO THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM
PROTESTS.
GIGI'S CUPCAKES
POSTED THIS PHOTO ON
INSTAGRAM THIS
MORNING.. WITH AN
AMERICAN FLAG
HANGING IN THE
WINDOW OF THE
STOREFRONT.
THE CAPTION READS..
"ALL FLAG LOVING
AMERICANS ARE
WELCOMED!"
HOURS LATER.. AFTER
SOME BACKLASH..
GIGI'S CLARIFIED THEIR
COMMENT.. WITH
ANOTHER POST ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT SAYS IN PART..
"EVERY COLOR HAS
FOUGHT AND DIED FOR
THAT FLAG.. DARK
SKINNED OR LIGHT."
WE HAVE NEVER
REFUSED ANYONE.. NOR
WILL WE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY
FORM OF BIGOTRY,
HATRED TOWARDS
OTHERS.. YOU ARE
WRONG.. AND WE
PREFER YOU GO
ELSEWHERE."
THEY ALSO
APOLOGIZED TO
ANYONE.. WHO MAY
HAVE BEEN OFFENDED..
BY THEIR ORIGINAL
CAPTION.