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Singer says kneeling during anthem at Kings game 'most patriotic thing I could do'

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When the Sacramento Kings played their first exhibition game on Monday at their new arena, the Golden 1 Center, national anthem singer Leah Tysse took a knee near the end of the song. In a Facebook post, Tysse wrote that this "felt like the most patriotic thing I could do," as she "cannot idly stand by as black people are unlawfully profiled, harassed and killed by our law enforcement over and over and without a drop of accountability.