AP file photo: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and safety Eric Ried (35) take a knee during the national anthem before meeting the Carolina Panthers last Sunday

On the 49ers podcast with David, there is no indication that the death threats that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been receiving has any connection to what happened in Tulsa or in Charlotte. The issues that Kaepernick is protesting namely police violence against unarmed citizens or injustice in general these are things that have been considered before Tulsa or Charlotte. The death threats are kind of par for the course.

It’s the United States in 2016 and were a polarized society Democrats and Republicans whenever someone disagrees with you there’s a tendency for people to go overboard and over react whether it’s on social media or it’s through television or radio. You do something like what Kaepernick did  which is protest during the national anthem of a professional football game there are people who are going to feel strongly about that.

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