Letters: Why Kaepernick is right to protest

People complaining about Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest miss the point and are angry about the wrong issue. If he didn’t have an underlying respect for American freedoms and those who sacrificed to preserve them, his actions would be meaningless.

Without question, the great majority of our law enforcement officials perform a difficult, sometimes dangerous and too often thankless job with great success. But when law-abiding Americans of any background are afraid to call on the police for help, to get stopped by the police or just walk down their street, and when they believe they cannot expect even-handed justice from our courts, that is true injustice. They are being denied their inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Stop listening to self-serving politicians and media outrage-artists, and recognize that this injustice is the real insult to our country, and be angry about that. If you want Mr. Kaepernick to stand and honor our flag, then do what all patriotic Americans should do and begin working to end these injustices.