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A Chicago Cubs fan at Wrigley Field on Sunday seemed to express his objection to a spectator sitting during the national anthem by slapping him in the back of the head.
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Chicago cops told TMZ they are aware of the clip, but police confirmed to HuffPost that no one has yet to file a police report.
For now, the viral footage leaves much unanswered.
An older man in a replica Cubs jersey can be seen leaning over a younger person sitting in front of him as the anthem plays. He seemingly tells him to stand up. When the younger fan either gives him an answer he does not like or appears to not abide, the older man slaps him in the back of the head.
The young fan then stands up, and the older man tells him, “Thank you, thank you so much.”
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A few fans appear to raise objections to the man’s slap, and one even reached out a hand to the victim.
Much of the rest of the video is a long view of the stadium as the Jersey Girls finished the “Star-Spangled Banner” before the Cubs game against the Twins on Sunday, the New York Post reported.
HuffPost has reached out to the Cubs for possible updates.
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While it is unclear why the younger man was sitting during the performance, it wasn’t so long ago when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee in 2016 to protest police brutality and racism during the anthem, prompting other NFL players and athletes in other sports to follow suit.
President Donald Trump, then in his first term, later suggested these athletes expressing their First Amendment rights shouldn’t be in the country and should be fired.
It’s not the explosive topic it once was, but it sure seemed to be a major issue for at least one fan at Wrigley Field on Sunday.
