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Hundreds
gathered
outside
the
Barclay
Center
arena to
support
Irving,
chanting
“no
vaccine
mandate”
and
“stand
with
Kyrie.”
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Photo/John
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When
asked if
he would
comply
with
city
requirements,
Irving
remained
tight-lipped
and
appealed
to his
right to
privacy,
warning
that
further
questions
on the
subject
would
get the
same
response.
(Emilee
Chinn/Getty
Images)
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'Stand
With
Kyrie':
Irving's
Anti-Vax
Supporters
Storm
Barclays
Center
By Mary
Adeline
Dela
Cruz
latintimes.com
NEW YORK
- A mob
of anti-vax
Kyrie
Irving's
supporters
flocked
outside
the
gates of
Barclays
Center
on
Sunday,
calling
for the
number
11
jersey
holder
to be
allowed
to play
with the
Brooklyn
Nets
despite
his
refusal
to get
inoculated,
which
contravenes
New York
City's
COVID-19
vaccine
mandate.
The
group
began to
assemble
around 2
p.m.
outside
the home
court of
the Nets
ahead of
the 4
p.m.
match
against
the
Charlotte
Hornets.
The
attendees
of the
protest
then
relentlessly
chanted
and
waved
signs
with
slogans
like “No
Vaccine
Mandate,”
“Let
Kyrie
Play,”
and
“Stand
With
Kyrie,"
the
Daily
Beast
reported.
Around
past 3
p.m.,
the mob
broke
past the
barricades,
forcing
their
way into
the
stadium.
Some
people,
who were
in
“Black
Lives
Matter”
t-shirts,
were
able to
reach
the
front
entrance
of the
arena
but
security
was able
to lock
the
building
down,
immediately
bringing
things
under
control.
The
arena
then
reopened
to
ticket
holders
shortly
afterward,
which
saw the
game go
on as
scheduled.
A
separate
Staten
Island
protest
on
Sunday
saw
municipal
workers
call for
the
city’s
vaccine
mandate
to be
scrapped.
“We know
so much
more
than we
knew 18
months
ago
about
the
virus,”
Curtis
Orwell,
an
unvaccinated
protester,
said.
“We have
therapeutics
that
have
been
tried
and
proven
to great
success.
Unfortunately,
those
kinds of
voices
are
being
suppressed
and
censored.”
Earlier
this
month,
the Nets
announced
that the
All-Star
point
guard
would be
banned
to play
or
practice
with his
teammates
until he
adheres
to the
citywide
vaccine
mandate,
PIX11
noted.
“Kyrie
has made
a
personal
choice,
and we
respect
his
right to
choose,”
the team
previously
said in
a
statement.
“Currently
the
choice
restricts
his
ability
to be a
full-time
member
of the
team,
and we
will not
permit
any
member
of our
team to
participate
with
part-time
availability,”
the
statement
said.
Days
following
the
announcement,
Kyrie
took to
Instagram
Live to
defend
his
vaccine
stance,
saying,
“It’s
not
always
about
the
money.
It’s
about
choosing
what’s
best for
you.”
The NBA
does not
mandate
the jabs
on
players
but New
York
City has
to keep
the
community
safer,
requiring
players
in local
sports
venues
to be
inoculated
if they
want to
play,
according
to the
New York
Post.
Kyrie
Irving
When
asked if
he would
comply
with
city
requirements,
Irving
remained
tight-lipped
and
appealed
to his
right to
privacy,
warning
that
further
questions
on the
subject
would
get the
same
response.
Emilee
Chinn/Getty
Images
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