Gabe Kapler: ‘I do not plan on coming out for the anthem going forward till I feel higher about the path of our country’

Speaking within the dugout of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I do not plan on coming out for the anthem going ahead till I feel higher about the path of our nation."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mother in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her kids. They blocked mother and father attempting to arrange to cost in to stop the shooter, including a father who realized his daughter was murdered while he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians resolve that the lobbyist and gun industries are extra necessary than our kids's freedom to go to high school without needing bulletproof backpacks and lively shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he referred to as "the lack of supply of the promise of what our nationwide anthem represents."

"I'm not okay with the state of this nation. I want I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I want that I may have demonstrated what I learned from my dad, that whenever you're dissatisfied with your country, you let it be known through protest. The home of the courageous ought to encourage this."

Kerr refused to speak about basketball ahead of Sport 4 of the Warriors' sequence in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks, instead raising his voice as he railed against gun violence in the wake of Tuesday's shooting.

"In the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we have children murdered at college," Kerr told reporters initially of the press conference.

"When are we going to do something? I am drained. I am so bored with getting up right here and offering condolences to the devastated households which are out there ... I'm bored with the moments of silence. Enough."