Gabe Kapler: ‘I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going forward until I really feel higher in regards to the route of our country’

Speaking within the dugout of the Nice American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going ahead until I feel better concerning the direction 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 making an attempt to organize to cost in to stop the shooter, including a father who realized his daughter was murdered whereas he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra essential than our kids's freedom to go to school without having bulletproof backpacks and energetic shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

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

"I'm not okay with the state of this country. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I want that I might have demonstrated what I learned from my dad, that if you're dissatisfied together with your country, you let it be recognized via protest. The house of the courageous should encourage this."

Kerr refused to speak about basketball forward of Recreation 4 of the Warriors' series against the Dallas Mavericks, instead elevating his voice as he railed against gun violence in the wake of Tuesday's shooting.

"In the final 10 days, we've had aged Black people killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, we have had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we have now youngsters murdered at college," Kerr told reporters at first of the press conference.

"When are we going to do one thing? I am tired. I'm so bored with getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families which might be out there ... I am tired of the moments of silence. Enough."