Huntington Beach City Council

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.

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,

The former Vikings punter, long known as a champion of progressive causes, was arrested in California recently as he protested a library plaque paying tribute to President Donald Trump’s political movement.

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe said he was fired from coaching high school freshman football after protesting a "MAGA" sign in Huntington Beach, California. Kluwe, who has spent years coaching at Edison High School in Huntington Beach,

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 said he was fired from his high school football coaching position after a MAGA plaque protest.

After his arrest while protesting a Southern California library's "MAGA" plaque, former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe lost his job as a high school football coach.