“WITH WHAT’S GOING ON, I’D RATHER SEE [KAEPERNICK] TAKE A KNEE THAN STAND UP, PUT HIS HANDS UP AND GET MURDERED,” A DEMONSTRATIVE LYNCH SAID AT THE TIME. “SO I MEAN, MY TAKE ON IT IS [IT’S] GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. IF THAT WAS THE STARTING POINT, I JUST HOPE PEOPLE OPEN UP THEIR EYES TO SEE THAT THERE’S REALLY A PROBLEM GOING ON AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR IT TO STOP. AND I MEAN, IF YOU’RE REALLY NOT RACIST, THEN YOU WON’T SEE WHAT [KAEPERNICK HAS] DONE, WHAT HE’S DOING, AS A THREAT TO AMERICA, BUT JUST ADDRESSING A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.”