How To Think and Feel About the National Athem Protests

A lot of people have been asking my opinion on the athletes sitting during the national anthem.  I have been thinking about it since it started. My first question is what exactly are they are protesting. I know why they are protesting.  They are upset because they think cops go out and kill people who happen to be black. I don’t think they are protesting America. It revolves around the “Black Lives Matter” narrative that cops hunt “black people.” The Black Lives Matter (BLM) started after Michael Brown got shot. 23 witnesses most of whom were black testified on a grand jury that Michael Brown put his head down and charged the cop. This was after Michael Brown reached in the vehicle and tried to take the cop’s gun.  Did media clarify things when this came out? Not all. The athletes who sit are following the BLM movement like sheep. They don’t know the facts of these shootings.  It’s “cool” to sit during the national anthem and bring attention to yourself.  I look at these protesters as sorry people who don’t care about facts. They are a joke. If they really cared they would do a public service announcement to say, “when a cop pulls you over turn off your car and put the keys on dash. Roll down the window. Put both hands on wheel. Then you say, "hello officer". You won’t get shot, I promise. If you are on PCP and stop your pickup truck on the middle of the highway and then get out of the truck and run around like you are on PCP you might get shot.  I guess the protesters are protesting the rights of idiots to act idiotic around cops. These anthem protesters are a joke. Go ahead and protest your protest means nothing to me.