Gabe Kapler: ‘I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going ahead until I feel higher concerning the course of our country’

Talking within the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler mentioned, "I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going forward until I feel higher concerning 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 attempting to arrange to cost in to stop the shooter, including a father who learned his daughter was murdered while he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians resolve that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra necessary than our children's freedom to go to highschool with no need bulletproof backpacks and active shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he referred to as "the dearth of delivery of the promise of what our national anthem represents."

"I'm not okay with the state of this nation. 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 while you're dissatisfied together with your nation, you let it be known through protest. The home of the brave ought to encourage this."

Kerr refused to speak about basketball ahead of Game 4 of the Warriors' series against the Dallas Mavericks, instead elevating his voice as he railed towards gun violence within the wake of Tuesday's capturing.

"In the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black individuals killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we've children murdered at school," Kerr informed reporters in the beginning of the press convention.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am drained. I am so bored with getting up right here and providing condolences to the devastated households which can be on the market ... I'm bored with the moments of silence. Sufficient."