Update (10/25/17): The manager of Keegan's Restaurant has responded to Maxwell and denied all his reports.
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Backlash from Bruce Maxwell's protest late in the Major League Baseball regular season has followed him to his hometown.
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In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, the Oakland A's catcher said he was recognized by a Huntsville, AL waiter while grabbing lunch and was denied service.
"He was like, 'you're the guy who took the knee? I voted for Trump and I stand for everything he stands for.'"
Maxwell said he responded with surprise and that his friend, a local councilman, shared some words with the restaurant's manager who assigned them a different server.
"Unless you're subject to it, you won't understand it. You won't feel it. It's crazy to talk about it, but it's real. It really is," Maxwell said.
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In the same interview, Maxwell said he and former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick -- the athlete credited with beginning the current protest against social injustice and police brutality -- have become good friends.