Retired Navy Vet Declines Saints Award, Over Anthem Protests

Retired Navy Vet Declines Saints Award, Over Anthem Protests
New Orleans Saints players and team kneel prior to the NFL match between New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium on October 1, 2017 in London, England. Clive Rose/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
|Updated:

The controversy surrounding the NFL’s national anthem protests have prompted a Navy veteran to refuse accepting an award at a New Orleans Saints game.

Retired Navy Cmdr. John Wells, a disabled veteran and executive director of a veterans advocacy group, was meant to receive the Peoples Health Champion award during last week’s game against the Chicago Bears, the Washington Post reported.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
twitter