LA Clippers' Norman Powell Records A Karen Harassing Him
Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell shared an Instagram Live video of a white woman rambling about various topics at a Las Vegas gym. In the recording, the woman is heard harassing Powell, and the basketball player also said she told him he’s “not American,” according to the New York Post.
Los Angeles Clippers G Norman Powell is currently being harassed by a white woman on his Instagram Live who is claiming he is "not American" because of his skin color and the type of music he's playing. pic.twitter.com/rbPRrWwhcN
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The 28-year-old said the woman told him she got into a fight and needed assistance, TMZ reports.
“She came here the first time and was saying she got in a fight,” Powell said during his livestream, according to the Post. “We told her to leave out the back. She left, she was gone for about 15, 20 minutes, came back, staying in the gym calling us un-American, saying we need to go back, calling us p***y, a whole bunch of s**t.”
“We was trying to get her to leave and then she was trying to take her pants off and take a s**t or piss on the floor. And that’s when we pulled her out like, we can’t have that,” the NBA player continued.
“She came in here earlier talking noise and we sent her away and she came back, talking crazy, saying that we’re not American, which is pretty crazy to me.”
Powell continued to engage with the woman, asking her, “How am I not American?”
“I was born and raised here [in America],” he continued. “My decedents is from Africa, yes. But I am American. I was born here.”
Police authorities were notified, arrived at the scene and handcuffed the woman.
The white woman in question has been apprehended by authorities and immediately started playing the victim. The police offers tell her to “Shut the f*ck up.” Norman Powell seems to be in good spirits after the incident: “Vegas be lit!” pic.twitter.com/7XuZgMVqgc
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“She out here screaming, ‘I can’t breathe’ man,” Powell said. “That is crazy to me.”
The woman received a misdemeanor citation for obstructing a police officer, a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said, according to TMZ. The spokesperson said the unidentified woman was placed in a local hospital on a psychiatric hold.