When the Toronto Raptors made history by winning the NBA name in 2019, the team’s president, Masai Ujiri, failed to celebrate the victory.
While trying to walk to the Oracle Arena box after his Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 6, he stopped through an Alameda County sheriff’s aide who ran for the safety of the game.
Alan Stickland allegedly denied Ujiri access to the court for not having the right credentials, and after a sudden increase, the deputy alleged that the president of the Raptors was the instigator and even sued him.
But on Tuesday, the framed camera footage was posted through Ujiri’s legal team, suggesting another story.
At the time, Ujiri called the lawsuit that opposed him “malicious,” saying he would never have fun that night on June 13, 2019 and that the possibility of holding a championship the right way is his motivation to win another. Title.
“The fact will come to light,” Ujiri said in February, Sports Illustrated. “The fact will come out of this.”
And more than a year later, a softer shed about the incident.
Published images show Ujiri walking to court as he pulls out a thong with his credentiales from his suit jacket. But before he can fully show Strickland his pass, the team leader cheers up and says to “support the (swear)” through the security service.
“Why are you pushing me?” Ujiri is heard to ask. “I’m the president of the Raptors.”
See the pictures below.
In fact, the video suggests that Stickland was in fact the instigator, and after the publication of the images, the Raptors issued official help for the president of their team.
“We are aware that this remains in court, however, at all times we have maintained that the claims that oppose Masai are unfounded and absolutely unfounded,” reads through ESPN’s Marc J. Spears. “We believe that the evidence in this video shows precisely that: Masai was not an aggressor, but was the recipient of two very violent and unwanted actions. That night’s chances shed a veil over what deserved to have been a night of celebration, and the following year.
The partial video verifies claims made at Strickland’s trial that Ujiri showed the right credentials and that the President of the Raptors had physically attacked him.
Here you can see another wider view of the altercation.
After the incident, Almada County prosecutors prosecuted a court rate of assault opposed to Ujiri, but eventually abandoned him.
These photographs arise from the healing of a motion that travels across the country calling for racial injustice and police brutality, reasons in which the NBA has faithful its season resumption to attract attention.
That said, let’s see how it develops.