Who Is Kiersten Hening Soccer Player Suing Coach Over Not Taking Knee
Federal judge Thomas Cullen, for the Western District of Virginia, ruled that Kiersten Hening’s First Amendment rights for refusing to engage in the protest may have been violated by Coach Charles ‘Chugger’ Adair on December 2. Hening filed a lawsuit in which she argued that she was penalized by Adair for her political beliefs. The judge has agreed that the matter can now go to trial. The soccer player said her minutes on the field were shortened dramatically after she refused to take part in a “unity statement” regarding the Black Lives Matter movement....