No national anthem at Mavs game

[hakeemfan]

My response was to to someone making the comment that it was "cool" to kneel for the anthem.  I assume he meant that it was the popular thing to do now.  And to me, for such a serious concern and issue, people should not be kneeling because it is now "cool" to do so.  I also don't understand what the kneeling is supposed to accomplish.  Everybody is aware of what happened because it was on TV 24/7 for months.  

And, yes, I include what happened to Mr. Floyd as a current day example of police brutality, as I cannot see any justification for keeping a knee on the neck of a subdued person.  But I take issue with the narrative that unjustified mistreatment of this nature is a pervasive occurrence in the country today.

As to solutions, I do have a host of suggestions, but people don't want to hear them.

It might not be pervasive and not all leads to deaths, but just the ones you read about are much more than should be the case. Even a normal white person can get away with Stand Your Ground laws. Look at what happened in GA and the guy was not even charged until things started getting re-examined post the Floyd case. Look at how even the paramedics were involved in Elijah McClain’s death. These are things we read about. How about the ones that don’t even get any press on a daily basis?  So how do you or I define pervasive?  

The FBI said how white supremacists have infiltrated police departments 

There are issues and we need to do a better job of listening to others than just say how things have changed and the past should not be brought up, when we are talking about current events.