The incident seemed just as unexpected as achieving Metta World Peace’s last name.
After growing up in Queens, N.Y., in an area stricken with poverty, drug abuse and violence, the former Ron Artest reflected on a childhood that entailed experiences with law enforcement that had little to do with racial profiling or wrongful arrests. Instead, World Peace remembered one surprising episode that illustrated the police and minorities coexisting.
“Officers played basketball with me in the middle of the hood,” World Peace recalled in an interview with Southern California News Group on Friday. “Two officers put their guns on the ground.