Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell says a waiter in an Alabama restaurant refused to serve him because he knelt during the national anthem.
Maxwell was the first — and only — Major League Baseball player to join in the National Football League’s #TakeAKnee protest, going down on one knee during the national anthem during a game back in August. The MLB quickly noted that players are required to stand during pre-game ceremonies, and Maxwell’s demonstration was brought to a swift end.
While the protest may have registered as barely a blip in the national #TakeAKnee news cycle, it seems people in Maxwell’s hometown of Harvest, Alabama noticed — and when Maxwell returned home for the summer, he says people acted differently towards him. In one case, a waiter in a local restaurant actually refused to serve him.
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