Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri released a statement regarding a newly released video of an altercation between himself and Alameda County sheriff’s deputy Alan Strickland that occurred directly after Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
Two videos were released on Tuesday evening after Ujiri filed a countersuit against Strickland in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. The first video showed Strickland acting as the initial aggressor, as he shoved the Raptors president twice as he approached the court before Ujiri pushed him back.
The second video was body camera footage, released by Ujiri’s legal team and obtained by Diamond Leung of The Athletic, which shows Ujiri pulling out his credentials and saying “I’m the president of the Raptors” while being shoved by Strickland.