National anthem protests have made their way to college football.
Before their home game Saturday against Wisconsin, three Michigan State players — senior fullback Delton Williams, senior defensive end Gabe Sherrod and freshman safety Kenney Lyke — raised their right fists as the national anthem played at Spartan Stadium.
Mlive.com photographer Mike Mulholland captured the moment:
Taking a stand. https://t.co/YW0fq1b9a5 pic.twitter.com/ju9NGL4Ohf— Mike Mulholland (@mulho2mj) September 24, 2016
Sherrod, a graduate transfer from Delaware State, hinted that a sign of solidarity with other protests across the country would be coming. He tweeted Tuesday after a police shooting involving a black man in Charlotte that “even us privileged college students fear for our lives around the police.”
Time to represent this movement publicly!! Our lives matter too and even us privileged college students fear for our lives around the police— Gabe Sherrod (@ges88_) September 20, 2016
The Michigan State protest comes a day after a group of students protested after Eastern Michigan beat Wyoming. Earlier in the week, racist graffiti was found spray-painted onto a building on EMU’s campus, and a group marched onto the field in a peaceful protest right after the game ended.
afaust3: Interesting… post game protest at Eastern Michigan's gam… CBS Sport… Inside Colleg… https://t.co/r7idEGgZoK pic.twitter.com/eSRV8NNO6y— FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) September 24, 2016
Later in the day, players at the University of Michigan did the same thing.
These protests started after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided not to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game last month.
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