Donald Trump May Have Intervened With Colin Kaepernick's Signing And Fans Are Furious. The controversy around former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began on September 1, 2016, when he knelt during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. Since then, he's lost his position and been a lightning rod at the center of a contentious political conversation.

Donald Trump May Have Intervened With Colin Kaepernick's Signing And Fans Are Furious.

The controversy around former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began on September 1, 2016, when he knelt during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. Since then, he's lost his position and been a lightning rod at the center of a contentious political conversation.