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Hertha Berlin’s players and officials “took a knee” to show their support for “an open-minded world” before their 2-0 loss against Schalke on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Bundesliga club copied the protests, started by San Francisco 49ers NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, against treatment of black Americans.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has\u00a0heavily criticised the American protests.<\/p>\n

“Hertha BSC stands for tolerance and responsibility,” said a\u00a0tweet posted on the official Hertha Berlin account.<\/i><\/p>\n

The tweet also said the club stands for “a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore”, before adding the hashtag #takeaknee.<\/p>\n

Schalke won the match thanks to second-half goals from Leon Goretzka and Guido Burgstaller after Hertha Berlin had Genki Haraguchi sent off for a bad challenge on Burgstaller in the 44th minute.<\/p>\n

Kaepernick started his protest last year when he sat down as the American national anthem was played during a pre-season American football game in 2016.<\/p>\n

He explained his gesture, which later became known as “taking the knee”, was meant to highlight racial injustice and police brutality against African Americans.<\/p>\n

President Trump said NFL players who refused to stand during the national anthem should be fired, comments that led to a large number of protests involving American football teams and owners.<\/p>\n

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said\u00a0disputes over the protests\u00a0threaten “to erode the game’s unifying power” and called on clubs to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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