A South Carolina sheriff's use of a county Facebook page to condemn kneeling during the national anthem has elicited strong responses of support and disapproval online.
"We really come together as a community," he said, noting that a couple years ago after a sheriff's deputy was gunned down in the line of duty, people of all nationalities rallied behind the deputy and around the county's servicemen and women.
Terrell Hutchison, 28, a corrections officer from Fort Mill, also in York County, expressed similar concerns in an interview Monday. Mackey, who works at a greenhouse, said the sheriff is missing the point of why people protest and kneel. Trevor Higgins, of Lake Wylie, commented:"Thank you for sharing this! I, for one, am with you and will honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom by standing during the National Anthem!"
She added,"We need to remember that we need to know the platforms and where these individuals stand."
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