{"id":50950,"date":"2020-08-21T01:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/raptors-masai-ujiri-nba-finals-altercation-was-because-i-am-black\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T01:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T22:43:00","slug":"raptors-masai-ujiri-nba-finals-altercation-was-because-i-am-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/raptors-masai-ujiri-nba-finals-altercation-was-because-i-am-black\/","title":{"rendered":"#Raptors\u2019 Masai Ujiri: NBA Finals altercation was \u2018because I am Black\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Raptors\u2019 Masai Ujiri: NBA Finals altercation was \u2018because I am Black\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 20, 2020 |<\/span> 6:43pm <\/p>\n

\n Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri released an official statement Thursday in response to new footage of a 2019 NBA Finals incident with a security guard.<\/p>\n

Ujiri\u2019s lawyers released the video this week,\u00a0showing he was not the aggressor in a shoving match with the guard as he attempted to gain access to the court after the Raptors won Game<\/a> 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to everybody who has expressed disapp<\/a>ointment and concern regarding the video that was recently released,\u201d Ujiri said in the statement. \u201cMy family and I are deeply grateful for your care and consideration. The video sadly demonstrates how horribly I was treated by a law enforcement officer last year in the midst of my team, the Toronto Raptors, winning its first world championship. It was an exhilarating moment of achievement for our organization, for our players, for our city, for our country, and for me personally, given my long-tenured professional journey in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet, unfortunately, I was reminded in that moment that despite all of my hard work and success, there are some people, including those who are supposed to protect us, who will always and only see me as something that is unworthy of respectful engagement. And, there\u2019s only one indisputable reason why that is the case \u2014 because I am Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Area police officer Alan Strickland filed a lawsuit against Ujiri, the Raptors, and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment in February, claiming Ujiri assaulted him, causing \u201cinjury to his body, health, strength, activity and person, all of which have caused and continue to cause Plaintiff great mental, emotional, psychological, physical, and nervous pain and suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Ujiri, coupled with the franchise and MLSE, filed a countersuit against the Strickland, Tuesday in US District Court in Oakland, Calif The suit includes body camera footage showing Strickland acting as the aggressor as Ujiri attempted to make his way onto the court.<\/p>\n

Despite the newly released footage, the Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office is sticking by its story that Ujiri was the instigator during the 2019 altercation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 100 percent stand by [the] original statement that was released that Mr. Ujiri is the aggressor in this incident,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said, per CP 24. \u201cDon\u2019t be quick to judge based off of what lawyers are saying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ujiri went on to say that it\u2019s because of his success that he was able to demand justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat saddens me most about this ordeal is that the only reason why I am getting the justice I deserve in this moment is because of my success. Because I\u2019m the President of a NBA team, I had access to resources that ensured I could demand and fight for my justice,\u201d he said. \u201cSo many of my brothers and sisters haven\u2019t had, don\u2019t have, and won\u2019t have the same access to resources that assured my justice. And that\u2019s why Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s why it\u2019s important for all of us to keep demanding justice. Justice for George [Floyd]. Justice for Breonna [Taylor]. Justice for Elijah [McClain]. Justice for far too many Black lives that mattered. And justice for Black people around the world, who need our voice and our compassion to save their lives.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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