Gabe Kapler: ‘I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going ahead till I really feel better concerning the path of our country’

Talking within the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler said, "I don't plan on coming out for the anthem going forward till I feel higher about the path of our country."

"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 kids. They blocked mother and father making an attempt to organize to cost in to stop the shooter, including a father who discovered his daughter was murdered while he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians determine that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra necessary than our kids's freedom to go to school without needing bulletproof backpacks and lively shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he called "the lack of delivery of the promise of what our national anthem represents."

"I'm not okay with the state of this country. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I might have demonstrated what I learned from my dad, that when you're dissatisfied with your country, you let or not it's identified through protest. The house of the courageous should encourage this."

Kerr refused to talk about basketball ahead of Recreation 4 of the Warriors' collection against the Dallas Mavericks, as a substitute raising his voice as he railed towards gun violence in the wake of Tuesday's taking pictures.

"Within the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black folks killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now now we have youngsters murdered at school," Kerr advised reporters initially of the press convention.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am drained. I'm so bored with getting up here and providing condolences to the devastated families which are out there ... I am bored with the moments of silence. Enough."