HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Former NFL punter Chris Cruwe wore a t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops when he showed up at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting Tuesday night to talk about his arrest.
He used the opportunity to call the Magazine a “Nazi Movement” and a “Nazi Movement” in the video that went viral.
“I believe in human nature, but I also have faith in the fact that I am an adult who is not afraid to commit violence,” the 6-foot-4 crew said, “If he feels physically, he is not a sinister person.” When asked about the risk after his comments to USA Today Sports got a lot of attention. “I don’t want it to come to that point, but if people think peaceful protest is the only thing I do, they’ll learn very sadly otherwise.”
Kruwe, 43, made those remarks outside the Central Library after he said he approached on a bike that had been tweeting in his direction before saying, “You’ve been cancelled.”
However, two women approached Kruwe on Thursday thanked him for his comments at a city council meeting before his arrest.
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A video from the council meeting shows the former Minnesota Viking Punter launches a protest by reading a prepared statement called the Maga “explicitly the Nazi movement.” Kluwe continues saying that he will be engaged in “peaceful civil disobedience”, where he leaves his place for lectures and approaches the bench of city council members.
Police immediately custody the former NFL player using handcuffs and carried him out of the room.
“I’m ready to go to jail again, but I think it’s that serious,” Kruwe said Thursday. “And I’m reluctant to ask someone to do what I’m trying to do.”
Explaining the reason for his protest, Kruwe noted that he was white, male and heterosexual. “Prime and power,” he said.
“To have the privilege and power as I do, it’s important to have the privilege and power as I do to help support those who are being oppressed,” he said. I continued. “Because we can’t expect people who are oppressed to do all the work. It’s all on our shoulders that we do that work. And I’m brave enough for other people to do this. I hope there is and you are delighted enough.”
Is it important for athletes to use the platform to talk about what Kluwe calls fascism?
“I think the more important question to ask is why the owner doesn’t speak up,” he said of people who own NFL teams. “Why aren’t people who have real power, not people who sign checks, why are they not saying anything?”
He also said he understands that no one who wears a Maga hat or supports Trump is a Nazi. However, he said he should know the rise of Hitler, citing “The First They Come” written by a German pastor after World War II.
After reciting the lines from Martin Niemṏller, Kluwe added: …I want to be in a world where everyone is free to know who they are.”
‘Thank you very much’
Since his arrest, Kluwe said the response has been overwhelmingly positive. But his wife said, “I have thoroughly approved it. I told her I might get arrested. She said, “Yeah, certainly.”
Sure enough, he went to prison.
“4 stars out of five,” he said of his experience. “We could have used cushions on the metal bench.”
She wore outfits that blend into the city known for surfing, but despite this, Kruwe was approached by Maria Suvia, 32, who said she was working as a nanny.
“Are you a soccer player?” she asked.
That’s how their conversation was going. Subia tells Kluwe that she is bisexual and interracial, suggesting that she is a member of a group facing discrimination.
“Everything you said is accurate,” Subia said. “Thank you very much.”
Another woman walked into the library with her young child and looked at Kruwe and said, “Thank you for talking.”
“Ah, thank you!” replied Kruwe. “I appreciate that.”
His NFL career ended in 2012, but he coached punters for the freshman football team at nearby Edison High School, and said he was generally unremarkable.
That’s finished for now.
“What’s going on right now is that we have someone trying to become king, and I’m fundamentally against it,” Kruwe said, referring to Trump. “And that’s because I think the city council is fine, so I’m against them too.”
Earlier this month, the city committee announced that it would place plaques in the central library, with the “magic, charming, galvanized, adventurous” slogans placed in the style of the acrostic poem “Maga,” according to local reports. I’ve approved.
Regarding his own protests and arrests, Kruwe added: So if they’re not doing that, someone has to step up. And if I’m in a position to step up, I have to do that.”
Contribution: Jack McKessey