https://globalnews.ca/news/5390239/raptors-masai-ujiri-police-altercation/
"Police are pursuing charges after
Toronto Raptors president
Masai Ujiri and a deputy appeared to be involved in an altercation on the sidelines of Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., late Thursday in the wake of his team’s historic
NBA championship win."
More up to date links refute this and point to videos that show him holding his credentials. Also eye witness (a.Warriors season ticket holder) refutes this.
Interesting that the Oakland police had nothing to say when the white NBA executive assaulted a player....
That’s not how it works. Lowry was and still is free to pursue charges. The guy you’re referring to has been banned by the NBA from attending any game or participating in any NBA activities for a full year. Oakland Police or the Alameda County DA aren’t going to investigate unless there’s a complaint by Lowry. In the game 6 incident the officer apparently wishes to go forward with an investigation.
Apparently the requirement to enter the floor was for a gold wristband. The only witness statement I’ve heard of claims that Ujiri did shove the deputy, but that he didn’t hit him in the face.
https://www.apnews.com/896a2d816a184ec3aa061ae07a86b440
Also maybe it’s a fine point, but the altercation wasn’t with Oakland Police. With big events they often bring in extra officers, in this case from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. I saw a few post altercation videos and the officer who looks agitated is wearing a black uniform (the standard ACSO uniform is gray) with a black ball cap, and I can make out that it’s not an Oakland PD patch on his sleeve.
The season ticket holder (Greg Wiener) who says he saw it responded on Twitter several times, but it seems that he hasn't otherwise posted via his Twitter account since 2016.
https://mobile.twitter.com/GregWienerQS/with_replies
But here are all of Wiener’s responses. One of them refuted the claim that the deputy punched Uriji, but he felt the deputy was in the wrong for pushing Uriji.
When a finals game ends it is mass chaos, usually you are correct security is there but he was just trying to get on the floor unassisted. Not sure where he was sitting.
What you saw was after the altercation. Uriji was by himself trying to get to the floor, No doubt the cop was aggressive, but Uriji did shove him hard, after the cop placed his hands on Uriji.
His pass was not out, I was standing right there. That was not a regular cop who was at the game, I dont know if he should have recognized Ujiri, I didn't and I am an avid fan. Still the cop was wrong.
We were standing right next to the cop when this happened. First of all cop was a hard-***, Ujiri was pulling out his NBA Pass, the cop did not see badge he put his hands on Ujiri to stop him from going forward. The cop pushed Ujiri, then Ujiri pushed back. Cop was wrong.
You can see my son (red head, blue warrior shirt) talking to Ujiri telling him the cop was an idiot.
The cop did not punch Ujiri. Thats wrong.