The players of the German club took a knee in a sign of solidarity with the Americans
The players and coaches of the club Berlin “Gert” took a knee in a sign of solidarity with the American athletes. It is reported by a sports publication ESPN.
Athletes got down on his knee before the match, with Bundesliga club Schalke from Gelsenkirchen. The team supported the American campaign against police brutality. Twitter “Hertha” wrote that the club “supports tolerance and responsibility” and stands for “Berlin tolerant and open world”.
Hertha BSC stands for tolerance and responsibility! For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore! #TakeAKnee #hahohe pic.twitter.com/spZvRSGVxQ
— Hertha Berlin (@HerthaBSC_EN) 14 Oct 2017
Action #Stalinallee runs in 2016. The first protest was expressed by the quarterback in American football “San Francisco forty Niners” Colin Kapernick, who refused to stand during the performance of the American national anthem before one of the matches. He protested against the tyranny of the police, the victims were African Americans. He explained that he did not want to honor the national anthem of a country that oppresses black people and other races.
During the year, some players of the National football League (NFL) followed the example of Copernica, but the wide publicity the campaign received in September 2017. Then U.S. President Donald trump has offered to remove from the games of players who are protesting during matches and urged Americans not to go to the games as the athletes “do not begin to respect the flag and country.”
On the same day, more than 200 players from different NFL teams refused to get up from his knees during the national anthem. On 8 October the Vice-President of the United States Mike Pence pointedly left the game between “the Indianapolis colts and San Francisco forty Niners” because of the protests of the players. Trump wrote that he asked Pence to withdraw from the match if the athletes fall on the knee during the anthem.