Devin Roberts

Former Minnesota Vikings player Chris Kluwe was arrested during a Huntington Beach, California, city council meeting Tuesday and says he wants other officials to “start engaging in civil disobedience.

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested during a city council meeting in southern California Tuesday. Kluwe was speaking out against a decision to display a plaque featuring the acronym MAGA on the Huntington Beach Library to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday after protesting a tribute to the MAGA movement proposed to go on the local public library.

Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested at a California city council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in an act of protest against pro-Trump messaging at a local library. Kluwe, 43, who played eight years with the Vikings,

Chris Kluwe, the former NFL punter who garnered national attention for his protest against a plaque with a MAGA reference, said he had been fired from his high school coaching job.

Chris Kluwe said he was fired as a coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., after his anti-MAGA protest and arrest last week.

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe has said that he was fired from his job as a high school football coach following his protest at a local council meeting in California.

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe said he was fired as a football coach at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. after his anti-MAGA protest led to his arrest last Tuesday. Kluwe, 43, was arrested and carried out of a Huntington Beach City Council meeting by local police after stepping from behind a lectern during the public comment portion