Former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf -- best known for his refusal to stand for the 'Star Spangled Banner' before games -- says Colin Kaepernick once told him he never felt freer than after kneeling for the National Anthem.
spoke to the former #3 overall pick, whom many people compared Colin to in the wake of the protest, about a meeting he had with the NFL star a few years back, after Kap opted not to stand for the anthem as a way to highlight racial injustice, police brutality, and oppression in the U.S.Getty
"We had a mutual friend. We met in like a private office. We spoke for about an hour. We just shared information and if it resonated, we took it.""The biggest takeaway for me during that whole night was when he said this is the most freedom he's ever felt in his life. I said to him, 'well, it's because of this freedom that allows people like yourself and those who came before us and those who'll come after us to take those risks and do what you did.
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