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Al Sharpton Blasts NFL in Eulogy for George Floyd: 'Give Colin Kaepernick a Job'

Reverend Al Sharpton called for the NFL to bring back quarterback Colin Kaepernick during his eulogy at George Floyd's funeral in Houston.

"The head of the NFL said, 'Yeah, maybe we was wrong. Football players, maybe they did have the right to peacefully protest,'" said Sharpton, who also spoke at Floyd's memorial service in Minneapolis last week. "Well, don't apologize. Give Colin Kaepernick a job back.

"Don't come with some empty apology. Take a man's livelihood. Strip a man down of his talents. And four years later, when the whole world is marching, all of a sudden you go and do a FaceTime, talk about you sorry.