(Kansas) When Rasool Samir a Garden City Community College student decided
to shoot hoops during the playing of the national anthem, he not only found
himself leaving the game before it had started, he found himself leaving his scholarship program at the community
college behind as he flew back home to Philadelphia.
Samir has now decided to play the victimcard and stated that as he is a Muslim, it is forbidden for him to stand during the playing of the national anthem and has enrolled the ACLU in which to play the victimcard.
Samir, claims he wasn’t protesting, as many athletes across
the country have done by kneeling or performing other actions during the
national anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequality. Citing
his faith, he said standing for the anthem has never been something he’s done,
and he did not expect a negative reaction. He apologised for shooting around during the
anthem, saying he did not:
“Mean any disrespect at all to the fans or the flag at last night’s game. I am truly sorry to anyone that felt disrespected, and I am also sorry to the school. I apologize for what happened.”
As mentioned the ACLUhave now got involved and their complaint differs somewhat from what actually
transpired:
“Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas received a complaint from Rasool Samir, a former student-athlete at Garden City Community College (GCCC) who was ejected from a GCCC game on November 1 for declining to observe the national anthem. Samir was later dismissed from the basketball team and unenrolled at GCCC. As a Muslim, Samir chose not to stand for the national anthem for religious reasons and had abstained in previous games without incident.”
Err even Samir admits to shooting hoops during the national anthem,
simply saying he didn’t stand for religious reasons isn't going to wash. I mean Muslims in Islamic countries have no problem standing for their national anthem, so why is the US different?
It appears that Samir has found out the hardway that when you are on a scholarship program it pays to be thankful of the chance you have been given and that acting the idiot in front of thousands of people simply ruins your life.