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This summer, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem to protest injustice and discrimination. Since then, other athletes have followed suit.

And on Monday night, on an NBA court, another person joined in the protests Kaepernick inspired. This time, it wasn't someone listening to the anthem — it was the woman singing it.

Leah Tysse knelt down on one knee on the very last line of the anthem, "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Specifically, she dropped down on the word "free."

You can see the moment in video coverage from a local CBS station.

Singer Takes Knee During National Anthem At Sacramento Kings Game

The gesture upset some people. Tysse, a breast cancer survivor, was singing the anthem on a night dedicated to raising awareness about breast cancer. A fellow cancer survivor told CBS Tysse's kneeling "took something away" from the community of survivors.

Others expressed support for Tysse's action.

On her Facebook page, Tysse explained why she chose to kneel, saying it "felt like the most patriotic thing I could do."

"I love and honor my country as deeply as anyone yet it is my responsibility as an American to speak up against injustice as it affects my fellow Americans," she said. She continued:

The Sacramento Bee notes that Kings players have previously participated in anthem protests, as far as they are allowed.

"NBA rules require players, coaches and trainers to stand during the national anthem," the Sacramento Bee writes. "But the Kings staged their own form of protest by locking arms with players on the Los Angeles Lakers before a game at Honda Center earlier this month."

The Kings organization said it respected Tysse's "right to exercise her freedom of speech," the Bee reports.

The Kings were hosting Israel's Maccabi Haifa for an exhibition game. Sacramento won, 135-96.

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Since 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem to protest oppression, more athletes have followed his lead. Now a woman singing the anthem has joined, too.

At Sacramento Kings game, singer of national anthem takes a knee

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