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WNBA players walk off court during national anthem before season opener – The Guardian

The New York Liberty and Seattle Storm left the court during the national anthem before tipping off the WNBA season on Saturday afternoon in Florida

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The New York Liberty and Seattle Storm made a statement before tipping off the WNBA season on Saturday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Both teams left the court and returned to their locker rooms during the pre-game playing of national anthem in protest of racial and social injustice, then held a 26-second moment of silence in memory of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old certified EMT who was shot to death by plainclothes police officers while asleep in her Louisville apartment in the ea…

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