Earl Granville is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, an athlete, and unbeknownst to him (until recently), the face of a popular conservative meme directed against Colin Kaepernick and protesting NFL players.
Granvilles story begins with the Spartan Race Agoge. Granville completed that race and got a black t-shirt with the Agoge logo to commemorate his mental and physical toughness.
Granvilles accomplishment is underscored by the fact that he lost his left leg in Afghanistan and now uses a metal prosthesis. Granville posed for a photo wearing the black Agoge t-shirt. That was three years ago. But recently Granville became aware of someonein fact, multiple someonesexploiting his accomplishment and sacrifice.
Conservative media has been using a doctored image of Granville to sell t-shirts and hawk their brands. Instead of the Agoge logo, Granvilles shirt in the conservative meme version shows an American flag with the phrase, I dont kneel underneath.
According to the Daily Beast, one website, ineel, created an entire store around that fabricated image, but took their site down after being found out. Ineels associated Facebook page, formerly known as Veteran Talk and now known as Veterans Pride, however, is still active. Granville reached out to Veterans Pride on Facebook. So they blocked him.