National anthem singer takes knee at Lions-Falcons game (Video)

Across the NFL, players, ownership and fans have been demonstrating in different ways during the national anthem. In Detroit, anthem singer Rico LaVelle took a knee.

Rico LaVelle participated in the day’s protests while singing the national anthem at the Detroit Lions – Atlanta Falcons game Sunday, taking a knee at the word “brave,” lowering his head and raising his fist in the air.

The clip of LaVelle quickly made it to Twitter, where it circulated widely. It’s embedded below.

When he took the field, LaVelle was wearing what one Twitter fan described as an Axel Foley-style Lions varsity jacket. LaVelle is a Detroit recording artist and he’s on SoundCloud.

Elsewhere in the league, the Pittsburgh Steelers chose to stay in the locker room during the national anthem and released a statement explaining they were opting out of making a political statement. The entire Raiders offensive line announced they would kneel or take a seat. Aaron Rodgers shared a post on Instagram — on which Tom Brady commented with a flex emoji — that led many to believe Rodgers plans to kneel as well. (For his part, Brady locked arms with his teammates during the anthem.)

Overseas, the Jacksonville Jaguars were joined by their owner Shad Khan, who locked arms with players during the Jags – Ravens game in London.

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All of this is in reaction to President Donald Trump’s comments Saturday at a rally in Alabama and Sunday morning on Twitter in which Trump stated that NFL owners should fire any players who protest during the anthem, calling them “sons of bitches.”

He’s since called for an additional boycott of the NFL if the league does not crack down on anthem protests.