Two Texas Football Players Dismissed From Game After Anthem Protest

 

by Tim Stelloh

Two football players in Texas were kicked off their local six-a-side team and were told to remove their uniforms after they knelt and one raised his fist during the National Anthem before a game, the players and their coach said.

The two players for the Victory & Praise Worship Center team, Larry McCullough, 18, and Cedric Ingram-Lewis, 16, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston that the dismissal Friday night was immediate and in front of fans.

"I wasn't trying to disrespect the flag," McCullough told the station, saying he was following the example of numerous players in the National Football League. "It was really showing the injustice for black people," he said. 

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Source: NBC News