A Kennesaw State University cheerleader who with four other members of her squad knelt during the national anthem at a football game last year has sued university and public officials, claiming the women were later banned from the field whenever “The Star-Spangled Banner” played.

Tommia Dean, now a KSU sophomore but no longer a KSU cheerleader, filed the civil rights lawsuit Sept. 5.

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