take a knee

After a day of excluding photos of protesting athletes, the IOC said in a statement that it will include them from now on.
Anti-racism protesters have been ‘taking a knee’ in demonstrations across the world following the death of George Floyd. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab wrongly suggested in an interview that the act originated from the HBO television drama Game Of Thrones. So where does taking a knee come from?
The NFL has resisted players’ efforts to peacefully protest police brutality ever since former quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem in 2016.