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The building on which a painting by Colin Kaepernick was painted in Atlanta was demolished at the weekend of the Super Bowl.
Fabian Williams, the artist who painted the mural, posted a video of the site on social media Friday, two days before Atlanta's Super Bowl 53.
NFL player Kaepernick began kneeling at the US National Anthem in 2016 to protest racial injustices.
Williams, also known as the occasional Superstar, said "the timing is wrong".
We do not know who was responsible for the demolition.
Kaepernick's protest has turned into a movement followed by many other NFL players. In May, the NFL announced that teams would be fined if players continued to kneel during the national anthem.
Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl 47, remains without a club after the 31-year-old quarterback left the 49ers in March 2017.
Williams painted the mural, which shows Kaepernick wearing an Atlanta Falcons uniform, on an abandoned building in 2017.
There was a fire six months ago, but the wall, which had been used to promote albums, parties and movies, remained intact.
Williams spoke to the BBC last week in front of the building, about one kilometer from the Mercedes-Benz stadium, where Sunday's match between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams will take place.
The wall also featured a Williams portrait of Muhammad Ali in the role of Black Panther's challa.
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