Raptors President Masai Ujiri Responds To 2019 NBA Finals Lawsuit Being Dropped: ‘We Have To Speak Up’

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Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri is speaking out after a California sheriff’s deputy dropped a lawsuit that alleged Ujiri assaulted him during the 2019 NBA Finals. “I have decided my fight isn’t a legal one,” Ujiri wrote in a statement released by the Raptors in which he also thanked fans and supporters. “Now, the challenge is this: What can we do to stop another man or woman from finding themselves in front of a judge or behind bars because they committed no crime other than being Black?

That is the work that each one of us must commit to, every day.” Ujiri was violently shoved by Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Strickland during Game 6 of the NBA Finals on June 13, 2019, when Ujiri tried to go onto the court to celebrate his