Public pinion on NFL players kneeling during the anthem 2020
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police in Minnesota in May 2020, there were protests against police brutality and the treatment of minorities in the United States and across the world. During a June 2020 survey, 28 percent of respondents stated that they would strongly support NFL players kneeling in protest of police brutality during the national anthem in the 2020 NFL season.