Students protest National Anthem at UNC football game

Sunday, September 25, 2016
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- A group of students demonstrated before the start of the Pittsburgh-UNC game and during the National Anthem in Chapel Hill on Saturday.

The students, dressed primarily in black, chanted, "All lives matter when Black lives matter."
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During the National Anthem, they held a raised fist throughout the performance. At least two members of the UNC marching band knelt and did not play their instruments.

This protest comes days after a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man in Charlotte.

Last week, a smaller group sat during the anthem.
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