HS football player suspended for kneeling during National Anthem
September 13, 2016
By Victor Skinner
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WORCESTER, Mass. – A Doherty Memorial High School football players was suspended for one game after he took a knee during the National Anthem at a game last Friday.
Junior defensive back Mike Oppong refused to stand for the National Anthem during the season opener against Leominster High School on Friday, and posted about his defiance on Twitter, MassLive reports.
“Ima pull a Colin Kaepernick and sit during the national anthem on Friday,” wrote Oppong, who goes by “BLACK LIVES MATTER” on Twitter.
On Sunday, Doherty Memorial High School coach Sean Mulcahy reportedly suspended Oppong for one game, and the 16-year-old relayed the information to his Twitter followers and created an online firestorm, Boston.com reports.
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