Posted on 04/18/2021 2:02:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The NBA has instructed teams to be vigilant about the impact of a potential verdict this week in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, including the possibility of game postponements, sources told ESPN.
The looming specter of possible protests, civil unrest and team reactions in the aftermath of a verdict has the league office preparing for the prospect that a night or two of league games could be postponed this week, sources said.
Closing arguments are expected Monday in the case against Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who faces charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death after he held his knee on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes in May 2020. Chauvin has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets postponed a game last week after the police shooting of an unarmed Black man, Daunte Wright, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
The Timberwolves started a four-game, seven-day Western Conference road trip on Sunday in Los Angeles.
The NBA and WNBA postponed a full slate of playoff games after another Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the NBA's restart in Orlando, Florida, in August 2020. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted a playoff game against the Orlando Magic, triggering a full stoppage of league games for three days.
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Is war in China supposed to break out or something?
We can be sure that every Rat in the country...as well as everyone in the NBA...will cheer wildly when it’s announced that he’ll do 50 years.
DEFUND THE NBA!
There’ll be rioting...nationwide...whether he gets 50 years or a $50 fine. And it will be the same rioters either way.
Exactly
Breonna Taylor died on Mar 13 yet protests in nearby Louisville KY didn’t start until late May/early June. While my hometown didn’t get the lvl of destruction other cities did, I would not be surprised if things got MUCH worse if those cops are found not guilty.
What is the NBA front office telling the players? That maybe their pay will have to be cut, due to the burning down of the cities they play for. What an inconvenience! They will be up in arms about this!
What could possibly go wrong when they bring guns to a game?
https://www.barnorama.com/26-hilarious-gun-fails/
Regardless of the verdict, they will riot and burn. It has never been about racism and it never will be.
I’d bet that some stores are being staked out for when the verdict drops.
They may tell the coach they are protesting and go loot and burn.
There marxist agitators are planning to stir the street savages up no matter what is the verdict. They will rape, burn, steal, assault and kill because they are savages who are given a free pass to act like savages.
You mean there is still an NBA????
If they played their games in China they wouldn’t have to worry...
What the hell does that mean?????
If they try to riot in Florida we’ll arrest them and they won’t get bail til they’ve been to court. No revolving door for criminals here...
Yes, best to be warry. This will be George Floyd II 1. Chauvin found innocent—Big Riots with lots of Burnings in all big cities. Lots of folks killed, many cops hurt and maybe killed. 2. Chauvin found guilty of second degree manslaughter same as in point #1. 3. Chauvin found guilty of murder in the first degree —Same as in point 1, Lots of riots and burning in “Peaceful Protests.” Only way to not have this destruction—Have the policemen kill himself (like Epstein) or be publicly flogged then nailed to a cross, with video of his hours of agony before his death in 3 to 4 days. Then the mobs could cheer his death and seek more to slay. Emperor Biden would be pleased.
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