<Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> National Football League stadiums </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Goals </Th> <Td> End police brutality and racial inequality </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Methods </Th> <Td> Protest </Td> </Tr> <P> Since 2016, some U.S. professional athletes have silently protested police brutality and racial inequality during the playing of the U.S. national anthem . The demonstrations have generated mixed reactions . Some have called the protests unpatriotic and disrespectful of the U.S. flag, the national anthem, the police, and the military . </P>

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