{"id":40633,"date":"2017-08-14T07:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=40633"},"modified":"2017-08-14T07:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:33:46","slug":"seahawks-de-michael-bennett-sits-national-anthem-plans-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/seahawks-de-michael-bennett-sits-national-anthem-plans-continue.html","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks DE Michael Bennett sits during national anthem, plans to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seahawks DE Michael Bennett sits during national anthem, plans to continue<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seahawks DE Michael Bennett sits during national anthem, plans to continue:- Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett remained seated for the national anthem Sunday, following in the footsteps of ex-teammate Marshawn Lynch and former rival Colin Kaepernick, before his team&#8217;s preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bennett said he wanted to take others out of their &#8220;comfort zone&#8221; after three people were killed and at least 35 were injured amid clashes at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. He plans to continue the action through the entire season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cSeeing everything in Virginia and stuff that is going on, I just wanted to be able to use my platform to continuously speak out on injustice,\u201d Bennett said after the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he was not made aware of Bennett&#8217;s plans before the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cI haven\u2019t really had a chance to think about it,&#8221; Carroll said. &#8220;I just heard about it walking through the door.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bennett has been an outspoken advocate of Kaepernick after the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who remains unsigned, chose not to stand for the national anthem last season in a protest against police brutality and racial inequality. The two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher said in a June radio interview &#8220;of course (Kaepernick is) being blackballed&#8221; for his stance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bennett said Sunday he had not spoken with Lynch, his teammate from 2013-15, after the Oakland Raiders running back sat throughout the national anthem before Saturday&#8217;s game against the Arizona Cardinals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t really want to try to get anyone else to follow me,&#8221; Bennett said. &#8220;I just want to do my own thing. Don&#8217;t want to be a distraction to my teammates, don&#8217;t want to be a distraction to the organization or Pete or anyone else on my team, but I&#8217;m just doing what I do when I feel it&#8217;s right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve dedicated my life to doing this. &#8230; This is my purpose. 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