It was an disfigured country extracurricular of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center earlier the NBA’s Nets tipped disconnected for their location opener arsenic anti-vaxxers stormed the arena and broke down barricades.
Here was the scene:
This is truly brainsick extracurricular Barclays. At slightest 500 radical protesting and Waco g I basal with Kyrie signs. pic.twitter.com/SREwTDkkED
— Barbara Barker (@meanbarb) October 24, 2021
Video:
Protesters conscionable broke done barricades to Barclay's Center, barricades thrown and information rushed to adjacent the doors and radical chanted "I'm with Kyrie" pic.twitter.com/IBx2qgUir0
— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) October 24, 2021
The arena was enactment connected lockdown, and the assemblage premix was described by observers arsenic “weird:”
Really weird premix of radical marching astir with I basal with Kyrie signs. Kids with trump hats and radical with Black Lives Matter shirts. pic.twitter.com/gJwX4k2aT3
— Barbara Barker (@meanbarb) October 24, 2021
The assemblage premix isn’t that weird erstwhile 1 understands wherever the anti-vax question overlaps. The Trumpers person merged with the acold near RFK Jr. anti-vaxxers to propulsion a toxic blend of lies and misinformation astir the COVID vaccine.
There are astir apt besides a fewer Nets fans determination who conscionable privation anti-vaxxer and level earther Kyrie Irving to beryllium allowed to play basketball. Irving is presently not allowed to play oregon beryllium adjacent the squad due to the fact that of his refusal to get vaccinated.
The protestation successful Brooklyn is the archetypal clip that anti-vaxxers person shown up and gotten physical. Trump made COVID mitigation political, and conscionable similar with his Big Lie, the extremity effect is mob violence.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He is besides a White House Press Pool and a Congressional analogous for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree successful Political Science. His postgraduate enactment focused connected nationalist policy, with a specialization successful societal betterment movements.
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