Dontari Poe becomes first Cowboys player to kneel during national anthem

Read full article here: https://readnews.io/0z2xa8 Dontari Poe was the lone Dallas Cowboys player to kneel during the national anthem before his game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night to open up the 2020 season. Poe was the first Cowboys player ever to take a knee during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner. The defensive tackle told reporters that kneeling was his way of letting the country know about his fight against racism, according to ESPN. NFL PLAYERS PERFORM DEMONSTRATIONS AS PART OF LEAGUES PUSH FOR BIGGER SOCIAL JUSTICE PLATFORMIts just bringing more awareness to whats going on in this world to the racial injustices thats going on, to the oppression thats happening to my race, the Black people. Its not something thats going to be solved in a day, Poe said. Its bringing more awareness. This is letting people know and this is my way of fighting it. I feel like everyone needs to be accountable. Poe signed with the Cowboys in the offseason. He had three tackles in the game. CHIEFS TAKE FIELD FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING; TEXANS STAY IN LOCKER ROOMHe mentioned in August that he had planned to take a knee during the national anthem and had hoped to meet with team owner Jerry Jones. I do still plan on kneeling, but we havent had the conversation yet, Poe said at the time. , according to Yahoo Sports. But we had a team meeting where Jones kind of expressed a couple of feelings, and he always told us he had an open door for us to talk to him at anytime. So I look forward to taking advantage of that and just getting in his ear and seeing how hes feeling about it. Jones said last month that he hoped for grace"when it came to protesting during the national anthem. CLICK HERE FOR MORE NFL COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS. COMThat was then, two years ago . . . This is now, he said, according toUSA Today. Weve had very, very sensitive times . . . What I do want us to show and be a part of is a word