Poll of the Day > Cheerleader who was PUNISHED for taking a KNEE has won $145,000!!!

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21 y/o Tommia Dean, one of the "Kennesaw Five" cheerleaders who knelt during the anthem in September 2017 at Kennesaw State University, Georgia after being inspired by Colin Kaepernick to protest police brutality against people of colour at the NFL has hit the daily double and got a massive 145,000 PAYOUT from the University that unlawfully booted off the team!!

Kennesaw University has been ordered to pay up for violating her rights to protest and her follow cheerleaders have yet to file legal action

The Georgia Dept of Administrative Services agreed to write a big fat cheque of 93,000 to Dean and another 52,000 to her lawyers before October 25, 2020.

KSU's then president, Sam Olens and senior athletics director Scott Whitlock and deputy athletics director Matt Griffin were defendants in the suit.

Republican Earl Ehrhart and Neil Warren of Cobb County Sheriff were also named but REJECTED the payout and plan to go to the US Court of Appeals!!

A compromised was reached as the intent was to "buy a peace of mind from future controversy" and that nobody will be punished again for kneeling

Tommia said the Univeresity violated her constitutional rights following the protest as they were known as the Kennesaw Five who gathered before the field to takeaknee as they all prayed together. Michaelyn Wright, Taylor McIver, Kennedy Town and Shlondra Young shared the sentiment to show that their values stand behind their actions

They were not out there to disrespect America but to make a point to have their hands on their hearts in the name of equality

Their protest angered many, including Republican Earl Ehrhart and Sheriff Warren as they will FIGHT the verdict as they will not pay a dime to the defendant

Sheriff Warren said "My wife, Penny, had TEARS in her eyes and were both shocked to see such a disrespct for our flag, our men and women who serve our nation. Cobb County has lost sons and daughters at home and on foreign lands while protecting America. And to witnes these ill-informed students acting this way, clearly tells me KSUneeds to get busy educationg these students on more than jusg passing their clases. They need to learn all that the flat truly represents"

Ehrhart said "Thanks for always standing up too...these liberals that hate the USA."

He and Warren pushed to keep the cheerleaders off the field as they were not letting them come out until after the anthem was played

Tommia said they used their power and influence to keep create a threatening atmosphere for any groups to exercise their rights as they were kept off the field for 2 games but they continued to kneel out of sight of fans

2 months later, state officials determined they had their constitutional right to protest and the school should not have stepped in.

Do you think taking a knee to the anthem is a constitutional right?.

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Racist Republican Ehrhart -

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I respect the one black girl who did not take a knee in two photos in the OP, although I dont believe its the same girl in both photos. It takes a lot of courage up stand up (literally, in this case) against peer pressure.

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I fucking hate it when these racists use us(veterans and servicemembers) to justify their racist agenda. I went in to the Army to fight for our Constitutional rights, not for them to be taken away.
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Wait was spanking involved in the punishment? I mean, there had to be spanking right?

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It already is a constitutional right, because we have a constitutional right to protest peacefully. I find the fact that even five people don't seem to understand that a bit bizarre.

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So yes, you should have the freedom to kneel if you want. But also your employer or university has freedom of association. And if they dont want to have people who are representing them do things like that, then they should have the freedom to terminate their association with you. Now, if its a public university, then I dont know how that works. But in the case of the NFL, or a private university, its the same thing if a player refused to wear his uniform. Its a requirement to play the game. The NFL is a private organization and its their right to require you to stand.

Personally, I think its really silly that people cant comprehend this and have to resort to attempting to label anyone as racist who, while acknowledging that people have the right to take a knee, thinks that doing so is dumb and a slap in the face to an American institution we should all be able to unite around.

BeerOnTap posted...

while acknowledging that people have the right to take a knee, thinks that doing so is dumb and a slap in the face to an American institution we should all be able to unite around.

If the NFL doesn't want politics associated with their games and causing divisiveness, then they should cut off their affiliation with the US military and stop courting controversy with how it treats its players. They want to have their cake and eat it, too, and I'm saying this as someone who comes from a military family and stands every time. You don't get to whine and snivel about wanting the whole country to fall in line behind a private entity that is in and of itself politically divisive in its dealings.

Comes down to this.

1. Their right to protest IS the most American thing about this nonsense.
2. Yes, the organization can crack down on it, but they'd be hypocritical for doing so because of their own political dealings.
3. The public has a right to critique BOTH of them. The suggestion that it is fine to be upset with the protestors... but somehow NOT fine to criticize the NFL and that people need to just "unify" behind them is ridiculous. If that's not what you meant to imply, you can just ignore this bit, btw. It's not meant as some sort of personal statement aimed at you, really.

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BeerOnTap posted...

So yes, you should have the freedom to kneel if you want. But also your employer or university has freedom of association. And if they dont want to have people who are representing them do things like that, then they should have the freedom to terminate their association with you. Now, if its a public university, then I dont know how that works. But in the case of the NFL, or a private university, its the same thing if a player refused to wear his uniform. Its a requirement to play the game. The NFL is a private organization and its their right to require you to stand.

Personally, I think its really silly that people cant comprehend this and have to resort to attempting to label anyone as racist who, while acknowledging that people have the right to take a knee, thinks that doing so is dumb and a slap in the face to an American institution we should all be able to unite around.

Did you know what you're suggesting is a form of religious discrimination which is illegal in this great nation of ours that so many brave members of the military fought and died for and it's disgusting how disrespectful you are to them.

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People will scream up and down it's a right to do nazi salutes but are always on the fence about this. Lol

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people really think that kneeling is a disrespect to the flag huh


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helIy posted...

people really think that kneeling is a disrespect to the flag huh

It's ridiculous. Flag worship =/= patriotism

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EvilMegas posted...

People will scream up and down it's a right to do nazi salutes but are always on the fence about this. Lol

Just call it the Bellamy Salute, it was in use in the US far longer than it was in Germany anyway.

Edit: Also, kneeling is a sign of deep respect, guess I will never get this "controversy".

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Gaawa_chan posted...

It already is a constitutional right, because we have a constitutional right to protest peacefully. I find the fact that even five people don't seem to understand that a bit bizarre.

It also falls under the freedom of expression

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I remember when the same people protested by blocking streets and lots of folks (including me) said it was wrong, and they should find a way to protest that's less intrusive on people's everyday lives.

Then they did manage to find literally the least intrusive manner of protest possible...taking a knee during the national anthem, and the same folks (minus me, I have rational thought, logic, and am not a hypocrite) complained EVEN LOUDER about that!

So yeah...if you're one of those people so butt hurt about others exercising their First Amendment rights....the next time you see BLM obstructing traffic and get upset about it...you basically asked for it.

/rant