Jan 23, 2023
Kiersten Hening used to play soccer for Virginia Tech. Then one day she didn't take a knee for Black Lives Matter while everyone else did. She stopped getting playing time after this, and after a lawsuit is now at least $100,000 richerfor having her First Amendment rights violated. Here's what happened. Shortly after the George Floyd thing while virtue was being signaled from sea to shining sea, there was a "unity statement" from the Atlantic Coast Conference read before a home game against the University of Florida. All of Hening's teammates kneeled. She did not. In the lawsuit, Henning alleges she had her playing time cut as a result and was berated by Coach Charles "Chugger" Adair. "At the next opportunity-halftime of the Virginia game-Coach Adair berated Hening for her stance."He singled her out and verbally attacked her, pointing a finger directly in her face."To be clear, Hening agrees with the fact that black lives matter. Her pr
