Gabe Kapler: ‘I do not plan on popping out for the anthem going forward until I feel better in regards to the course of our nation’

Speaking within the dugout of the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kapler stated, "I don't plan on coming out for the anthem going forward till I feel better concerning the route of our country."

"We weren't given bravery, and we aren't free. The police on the scene put a mom in handcuffs as she begged them to go in and save her youngsters. They blocked dad and mom trying to arrange to cost in to cease the shooter, together with a father who discovered his daughter was murdered whereas he argued with the cops. We aren't free when politicians decide that the lobbyist and gun industries are more vital than our children's freedom to go to school with no need bulletproof backpacks and lively shooter drills," Kapler wrote.

Later, Kapler wrote about his disillusionment with what he called "the dearth of delivery of the promise of what our nationwide anthem represents."

"I am not okay with the state of this nation. I wish I hadn't let my discomfort compromise my integrity. I wish that I could have demonstrated what I discovered from my dad, that once you're dissatisfied with your country, you let it's known via protest. The house of the courageous should encourage this."

Kerr refused to speak about basketball ahead of Recreation 4 of the Warriors' sequence towards the Dallas Mavericks, instead raising his voice as he railed against gun violence within the wake of Tuesday's taking pictures.

"Within the last 10 days, we've had aged Black folks killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, we have had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California, now we've children murdered at college," Kerr instructed reporters in the beginning of the press conference.

"When are we going to do something? I'm tired. I'm so tired of getting up here and providing condolences to the devastated households which are out there ... I'm bored with the moments of silence. Sufficient."