It was a warm spring night in April 2015 when Thabo Sefolosha life was changed forever. After helping the Atlanta Hawks defeat the Knicks. Sefolosha, and his former teammate Pero Antic, had a run in with the NYPD outside of celebrity heavy 1Oak night club in New York City. The police were investigating an incident involving their fellow NBA player Chris Copeland who was stabbed outside the night club in a separate incident. That night Sefolosha found out what many young African Americans have known for years. It doesn’t take much for the NYPD and other law enforcement agencies to target us. Sometimes you don’t have to do anything at all. For Sefolosha he was just another disturbing statistic in the ever growing cases of police brutality against
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If Sefolosha would've been there he would’ve been a big factor for the Hawks defensively, He isn’t a marquee player mentioned in the same breath as Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and James but he’s a glue guy which is equally as important as the player that goes out and get you 30 points every night.
There're usually three sides to stories like this, this police, the victim, and somewhere in between the truth.
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I recently sat down with Sefolosha, and we spoke about several things. His lawsuit against the NYPD, police brutality, racism, and the 2016 Presidential election.
It has been over a year since the unfortunate incident at 1oak took place. Even though you were cleared of all charges by the department there is still a lawsuit between yourself and the NYPD. Without getting yourself in trouble can you provide any updates on the lawsuit between yourself and the NYPD?
I don’t have any new updates, its going to take time for it to be resolved.
Can you just take me back to that night, and tell me what happened?
It's well documented what happened. I came out of the 1Oak club, I’m not sure what the term is but I got picked out by the police, they were very disrespectful, in the end they forcefully arrested me for no reason, and broke my …show more content…
If you let them get away with a slap on the wrist they’re going to keep doing it.It's troubling to me.
The 2016 Preisdental election was one of the most controversial elections in recent memory because of the racist, and sexist, remarks from President Elect Donald Trump, and all the controversy that surrounded Hillary Clinton. What are your thoughts about the election?
I have many thoughts about it, the American people have spoken in a way for me coming from Switzerland it's hard to understand the electoral college, it's something that should probably be reviewed. I thought it was a tough choice the American people had to make, it was on TV, the ads from both sides were very negative. It's tough that so much negativity around the elections.It should be a time where you’re happy and excited about the incoming leader.
This election really showed a huge divide between citizens in America. Did you support either
If Sefolosha would've been there he would’ve been a big factor for the Hawks defensively, He isn’t a marquee player mentioned in the same breath as Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and James but he’s a glue guy which is equally as important as the player that goes out and get you 30 points every night.
There're usually three sides to stories like this, this police, the victim, and somewhere in between the truth.
“ quote from?”
I recently sat down with Sefolosha, and we spoke about several things. His lawsuit against the NYPD, police brutality, racism, and the 2016 Presidential election.
It has been over a year since the unfortunate incident at 1oak took place. Even though you were cleared of all charges by the department there is still a lawsuit between yourself and the NYPD. Without getting yourself in trouble can you provide any updates on the lawsuit between yourself and the NYPD?
I don’t have any new updates, its going to take time for it to be resolved.
Can you just take me back to that night, and tell me what happened?
It's well documented what happened. I came out of the 1Oak club, I’m not sure what the term is but I got picked out by the police, they were very disrespectful, in the end they forcefully arrested me for no reason, and broke my …show more content…
If you let them get away with a slap on the wrist they’re going to keep doing it.It's troubling to me.
The 2016 Preisdental election was one of the most controversial elections in recent memory because of the racist, and sexist, remarks from President Elect Donald Trump, and all the controversy that surrounded Hillary Clinton. What are your thoughts about the election?
I have many thoughts about it, the American people have spoken in a way for me coming from Switzerland it's hard to understand the electoral college, it's something that should probably be reviewed. I thought it was a tough choice the American people had to make, it was on TV, the ads from both sides were very negative. It's tough that so much negativity around the elections.It should be a time where you’re happy and excited about the incoming leader.
This election really showed a huge divide between citizens in America. Did you support either