US vice-president storms out of NFL game after players take a knee during anthem


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US vice-president Mike Pence walked out of a NFL game on Sunday in his home state of Indiana after some players knelt during the national anthem, a form of demonstration that began last year as a symbolic protest about police violence against racial minorities.

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