Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested after causing a disturbance at a city council meeting this week.
Kluwe attended a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday night to protest the design of a plaque set to be installed in a library in the city. The plaque celebrates the 50th anniversary of Central Library and included the “MAGA” acronym, which has been a rallying cry of President Donald Trump since his first presidential campaign.
Despite being located in the Democratic stronghold of California, the city of Huntington Beach is full of city council members who support Trump’s Make America Great Again motto.
During his speech, Kluwe ripped into MAGA as “profoundly corrupt” and “explicitly a Nazi movement.”
After finishing his speech, Kluwe stated that he would be engaging in peaceful civil disobedience. He then walked over towards the city council members and was handcuffed and carried away by the city’s police. Kluwe was charged with disturbance of an assembly and released from custody four hours later.
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During his speech, Kluwe said that he was a 15-year resident of Huntington Beach. Huntington Beach is located in Orange County, which tends to be more conservative than other high-population counties in the state, such as Los Angeles to the north and San Diego to the south.
Kluwe played high school football at Los Alamitos High School in Orange County and then went on to UCLA. He was a standout punter at every level, including the NFL, where he punted eight seasons for the Vikings from 2005-2012. Kluwe was outspoken throughout his NFL career. He felt his activism cost him a spot with Minnesota.
Kluwe averaged 44.4 yards per punt during his NFL career, with 31.8 percent of his punts going inside the 20.
