Masai Ujiri, the President of the Toronto Raptors, was falsely accused of trespassing in 2019 after the Raptors won the NBA Finals. He spoke about the event recently, recalling the incident that happened.
Via Tim Bontemps of ESPN:
“As much as we say ‘Yeah, this happened to me,' there's worse that's happened to other people, right?” Ujiri said during an interview with ABC's “Good Morning America” that aired Wednesday morning. “I lost a moment. People have lost their lives.”
It was the Raptors' executive's first television interview since the lawsuit against him by Alameda County Sheriff's deputy Alan Strickland was dropped earlier this month.
“I say it as humbly as I can: the privilege of the job I have is to fight for this,” Ujiri said. “They are wrongly accused, there is no body cams, nobody sees what happens, and they are incarcerated or they are accused or they are charged. We have to fight for them.”
From Masai Ujiri's unfortunate incident in 2019 to Black Lives Matter protests taking place throughout the summer of 2020, it's clear the country still needs to make certain changes. Ujiri is right in wanting to make an effort in fighting the system, as too many people have been hurt throughout the years.
With professional athletes in the NBA, NFL, and MLB (just to name a few), joining together to unite against discrimination, proves the world is heading in the right direction. The more people who tag along the better, as this is going to be a long, hard-fought journey before the necessary changes are made.
Masai Ujiri began his career with the Raptors in 2013, when he inked a five-year deal to become the team's vice president and general manager. It was under Ujiri's watch that the Raptors won the franchise's first-ever NBA title back in 2019.
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