J.R. Smith Beats Up Man Who Vandalized His Truck in Viral Video
“He didn’t know whose window he broke and he got his ass whooped.”
Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard JR Smith was seen on video beating a man who vandalized his truck during the protests in Los Angeles over the death of George Floyd.
In the video first shared by TMZ Sports on Sunday, Smith kicks the man on the ground and then punches him when the unlucky vandal gets up. The man, who reportedly broke a window on Smith’s truck, is eventually able to run away.
In a later video shared online, Smith said he was parked in a residential area in L.A. and not near any stores where looting happened during the protests.
https://t.co/UG3hwvMHY1 NBA star J.R. Smith beat the living daylights out of a man who allegedly smashed his car window during the wild protests in L.A. … and TMZ Sports has the video.
— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) May 31, 2020
“I chased him down and whupped his ass,” Smith said.
Smith also said in the video that his beatdown had nothing to do with the fact that the man was white.
This guy broke JR Smith’s windows and JR let him have it pic.twitter.com/0Ap46Zz9ao
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) May 31, 2020
“This ain’t no hate crime. I ain’t got no problem with nobody who ain’t got no problem with me. It’s a problem with the motherfucking system. That’s it,” he said.
“He didn’t know whose window he broke and he got his ass whooped.”
J.R. Smith speaks on beating the shit out of a protester for vandalizing his vehicle pic.twitter.com/CfW7PAmQDC
— Darrion Lincoln (@reddawg77089) May 31, 2020
Smith, a 15-year NBA veteran, played in 11 games for the Cavaliers last season. The 34-year-old has not been on a roster this season.
L.A. is one of many cities in the U.S. where heated protests erupted last weekend in the wake of the death of Floyd, a black man who died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.
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