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Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell, the only MLB player to kneel this season during the national anthem, was arrested yesterday in Arizona for allegedly pulling a gun on a female. Cops reportedly charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct.
Last month, the virtually unknown MLB player took a knee during the Star-Spangled Banner before a home game against the Texas Rangers to protest racial injustice in America. Maxwell’s dad is a U.S. Army veteran, and the professional baseball player, 26, was born in Germany while his father was stationed there. Maxwell insisted that his protest had nothing to do with a lack of patriotism or disrespecting the flag.
Maxwell appeared in 33 games for the A’s in 2016, recording a batting average of 0.283, with one home run and 14 RBI. In 2017, he played in 76 games, finishing the season with a 0.237 batting average, hitting 3 home runs and driving in 22 RBI in the process.