On August 28,2016 during a football press, Kaepernick was finally approached by the media, and confronted him about his action, to what he responded: “We have a lot of people that are oppressed. We have a lot of people that aren’t treated equally, aren’t given equal opportunities. Police brutality is a huge thing that needs to be addressed. There are a lot of issues that need to be talked about, need to be brought to life, and we need to fix those.”[5]