OAKLAND, Calif. — A new video released by the lawyers for Masai Ujiri, the Toronto Raptors’ president, appears to show that an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy initially shoved him twice leading to an altercation moments after the Raptors had defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 N.B.A. The Raptors had just won their first title by winning Game 6 at Oracle Arena in Oakland on June 13, 2019, when Ujiri moved toward the court to join his celebrating team. Alan Strickland, an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy, claimed in a federal lawsuit filed in February that he stopped Ujiri because he didn’t provide the proper credential, leading to a shoving match that was partially captured on video. Strickland accused Ujiri of hitting him “in the face and chest with both fists,” trying to go around him and repeatedly ignoring orders to stop. Video released Tuesday by Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, the law firm representing Ujiri, from Strickland’s body camera shows Ujiri walking while pulling credentials out of his suit’s breast pocket and Strickland aggressively shoving him twice shortly before Ujiri shoves him back.

Source: New York Times August 20, 2020 02:48 UTC