Chicago firefighter takes knee during anthem at fire-police football game
Charity football game honored fallen police officer & firefighter
Anger ensues after black firefighter takes knee at police-fire football game https://t.co/GU1rssn6Ua via @suntimes
— Fran Spielman (@fspielman) June 6, 2018
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Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times:
A political and emotional brush fire is smoldering within a grieving Chicago Fire Department over a national anthem protest that marred a charity football game dedicated to the memory of two fallen Chicago heroes.
Camron McGarity, an African-American firefighter, kneeled while the Star Spangled Banner was being played before the CFD Blaze faced off against the Chicago Police Department’s Enforcers last Saturday in the eighth annual “First Responders Bowl.”
A photo of the protest clearly shows the firefighter, wearing the No. 7 jersey, kneeling on the sidelines while players on either side stood at attention dressed in bright red jerseys and matching red pants.
