NASCAR to allow peaceful protests during national anthem
NASCAR has removed guidelines that team members must stand for the national anthem, opening the way for peaceful protests during pre-race ceremonies.
NASCAR eliminated the guidelines before last weekends race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR official Kirk Price kneeled during the invocation and raised a fist. Price, who served on active duty in the U.S. Army for three years, remained kneeling during the anthem while he saluted the flag.
Bubba Wallace praised Price in an interview this week on CNN.
If I would have seen it, I would have went there and stood next to him, kneeled next to him because its such a powerful move, said Wallace, the lone black driver competing in NASCARs top series. A man, an incredible man, who has served our country, kneeling down. People think its disrespecting the flag and going against our military, and its definitely not.
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