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>> reporter: from an early age, weldon mcdavid was passionate about protecting other people. >> i -- i used to protect my friends on the way home from school. we had a -- bully that -- tried and tried -- to start fights with us. and then i found out that a nicely applied arm lock would get that bully to kiss the street. and we didn't have to run from him anymore. >> reporter: when he grew up, weldon enlisted in the marine corps. after leaving the service, he worked as a firearms instructor. we met weldon back in 2013 when we covered the story of another woman he met at the shooting range. >> a...

Week but guys are going to stand up, arm lock and they're going to ask all of the fans to arm lock as well so that we can show the country that we can come together, no matter our backgrounds and our difference, that we can come together and support each other. >> eric reed is a safety of the san francisco 49ers. a former teammate of colin kaepernick. he tweeted this out. he said unity is great. i'm all for it. let's be united in ending systematic oppression of black and brown people. do you think colin kaepernick's original message in this protest is in danger of being lost and in part becaus...

So guys are going to use their platform to continue to raise awareness. >> do you know what's going to happen with the falcons on sunday? >> well, i know right now, the falcons, we're going to stand up for the national anthem. we're going to arm lock, and we're going to ask the fans to arm lock as well. we're going to show unity and i think that message is going to go out to all 32 teams. of course you're going to have players that they're not going to stand up and show and arm lock, but i still respect the way they're protesting because they want to raise awareness. they want their message to...

Falcons minority owner says they want to get the fans involved. >> the falcons, we're going to stand up for the national anthem. we're going to arm lock and we're going to ask the fans who attend the game to arm lock as well. we're going to show unity. of course you're going to have players on other teams that -- that they're not going to stand up and arm lock, but i still respect the way they're protesting because they want to raise awareness. they want their message to be heard that we want everyone to be treated equality in this country. >> reporter: it's not just the nfl. we've seen nba pl...

>> could you grab ahold of, for example, an arm and apply one of the grappling holds in lieu of actually being able to punch? >> potentially, yes, depending on the position you're in. if you're in a mounted position, grabbing someone's arm to attempt to submit them from simply grabbing their arm is not a particularly practical thing. it's not going to work. >> it wouldn't work well, but that would be a grappling maneuver, the arm lock. >> well, the arm lock is not going to be applied if you're on your back being mounted, you can't arm lock somebody from that position. >> so it wouldn't be even...