Obama Weighs in on Kaepernick

For the first time since 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick whipped up a national firestorm by sitting down during the national anthem, President Barack Obama weighed in on the controversy, using the international stage of the G20 Summit in China to address the situation.And he sided with Kaepernicks' stance. Or lack of it."He's exercising his constitutional right to make a statement," Obama told a bank of reporters on Monday."I think there are a lot of ways you can do it." He added that he suspects that Kaepernick will "refine how he's thinking about it," and "maybe some critics will see he has a point around justice and equality. Sometimes it's messy. But that's how democracy works."Obama was referring to Kaepernick's decision to not stand during the national anthem out of his sense of injustice in the United States against people of color. Kaepernick has also lashed out against police in describing what he says is too much brutality against African Americans. In turn, many police officers have demanded an apology from Kaepernick. In Santa Clara, where police escort the 49ers to game, the union has written a letter saying their members might not want to do so any more.Obama...