'He would feel so honored'
We spoke withwho tells us she was"overwhelmed" when she read the PAPER Magazine article in which Colin says Mario's"execution" at the hands of San Francisco police officers essentially led to his kneeling protest during the National Anthem.... she believes Colin has been doing great work putting a spotlight on police violence and applauds him for"putting his money where his mouth is."by SFPD officers who were responding to reports of a stabbing in the area.
Now, with Colin mentioning Mario's name again -- his story is back in the headlines and Gwendolyn says she's extremely grateful to Kaepernick. "He should know that he's impacted a family and a community that never had a platform, never had a voice," Woods says ..."I am very proud of him.", she thinks Mario would have gotten a huge kick out of knowing the starting QB of his favorite team was inspired by him.
"To feel that someone of Colin Kaepernick's stature spoke his name ... spoke truth to his light, yeah, I like to think my child can rest a little easier."
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