WASHINGTON (AP) — Tommie Smith and John Carlos voiced their support for Colin Kaepernick and other athletes staging national anthem protests, 48 years after they raised their gloved fists on the medals stand in a symbolic protest at the Olympics. The American sprinters who were sent home from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics for what they called a "human rights salute" say the San Francisco 49ers quarterback and others are right to use their platform to raise awareness about racial inequality and police brutality. Speaking Wednesday at the Team USA Awards, the first U.S.
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