Colin Kaepernick describes what inspired him to take a knee for the national anthem.
-- a black man who was shot multiple times by police officers -- is what compelled him to become a civil rights activist.... saying he was deeply affected by the incident, in which 26-year-old Woods was shot 21 times by 5 San Francisco PD officers during a Dec. 2, 2015 incident.Officers initially used non-lethal bean bag rounds on Woods while ordering him to drop the knife -- but then opened fire with live ammo when they claim he became aggressive and a threat.
But, cellphone footage posted after the incident appeared to contradict the police description -- showing Woods up against a wall while holding the knife at his side in a non-threatening manner.The incident outraged citizens who accused the SFPD of executing Woods unjustly ... and according to Kap's girlfriend,"If Colin wasn't reviewing a playbook, he was reading a history book," Nessa told Paper.
Colin's KYRC has been thriving since their inception ... touching cities all around the country, and employing volunteers like
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