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NBA legend Phil Jackson left his followers confused Wednesday when he shared a video of a protester at Trump Tower in New York and was arrested after apparently spraying graffiti inside the building.
Jackson offered no comments when he shared the video and it left those who follow him a little confused about why he did it in the first place.
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A climate rotester knees in Trump Tower. (Fntv)
Nathaniel Smith, 36, a resident of Brooklyn, was arrested over the action of vandalism, the New York Police Department told Pakinomist Digital.
The vandal was filmed spray paint over the plaque in the Manhattan building before kneeling on the floor and holding a small banner reading: “Games Over” according to video recordings of the incident.
He was escorted away from the stage by the authorities.
“This is your country. This is our country. This is our planet … you can’t ruin it without comment. They are ruining the planet for merit,” he was heard shouting while he was led out of the building.
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A climate rotest vandalized president Insignia inside the Trump Tower Wednesday. (Fntv)
Jackson triggered controversy in 2023 about his comments about NBA players protesting in the bubble when the league was restarted under the coronavirus pandemic.
He said NBA was “catering” to a particular audience who turned off fans who would keep politics out of sports.
Jackson was asked about his comments on the latest episode of Stacey King’s “Gimme the Hot Sauce,” saying critics had not understood the humor behind them.
“I don’t think people got the humor …. The names are on the back of the players who were in the bubble because if you use them to defend and challenge and go to the hanger, and you use the monics who were on the names had a fun aspect of it,” Jackson said at the time. “That’s exactly what I brought up to the kids. Visually this kind of humorous is.”
Then Laker’s main coach Phil Jackson goes away from the field after being swept by Mavericks in Game 4 in the NBA Western Conference semi -final in Dallas. (Wally Scale/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“I had nothing against BLM or the reason behind it. The humorous nature of going completely woken up by the NBA was really like, it’s pretty hard to see.”
