Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been suspended for flashing what looked like a gun during an Instagram live. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Watch TYT LIVE on weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live
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"The Memphis Grizzlies have suspended Ja Morant from all team activities after a video showing the star guard holding a gun began circulating on social media Saturday night.
The Grizzlies announced the suspension, which is pending a league review, in a statement Sunday, two months after the NBA suspended Morant over a similar incident. The team did not provide further comment."*
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230515__TB01JaMorant
That's again gibberish: also a lot of unarmed or armed white people get killed by police. On the other side, police officers get killed by civilians on a daily basis too. The problem is guns: not necessarily skin color or police vs. citizens. There are aspects of it there and relevant, but the main point is the gun culture in which everybody partakes: blacks, whites, non-whites, police, civilians, politicians etc...
@j.7701 Says:
Is he a registered gun owner ?
@JXiong-zo8ig Says:
So this is what you guys call BLK excellence ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ this is blk america
@williamlambert Says:
guns are the topic in united states it's out of control but the conservative right wing doesn't care i'm afraid to go out of my home to walk down the street because of being shot for no reason, this shit isn't about self-defense anymore
@jillianknox11 Says:
The most egregious incident, while technically unproven, is the Indiana Pacers incident. Several players believed Ja was pointing lasers from his gun at them. Yes they didnโt confirm it, I think itโs pretty likely he did it based on everything else
@richardrojas5796 Says:
At least he's not this guy
Edward Lee Johnson Jr. (February 24, 1955 โ October 26, 2020)
@richardrojas5796 Says:
Insane how mumble rap has made kids go insane. All of us parents needs to help our kids out more. It's really showing you the decline of society especially our children. Parents wake up and pay attention to our kids. The music is influencing our children in a ridiculously negative way. Why though are young people so angry or so stupid that they need to post stupidity. You want to fix this ? This is how. We need to stop tik tok , IG, all of this crap is just for likes and subs. Lets end SOCIAL MEDIA . SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE PROBLEM. ITS ALL FOR WHAT ? TO BE SEEN. Parents pay attention to your kids.
@adamalmighty5064 Says:
You are making $200 million dollars. 99% of the people living on this planet will never see that kind of money. Why would you throw that all away brandishing a gun on social media for whatever reason?
@flibble89 Says:
How many crimes will he commit before they they really punish this brown person?
@toastedgoast508 Says:
I'm sure his fans in Tennessee don't mind the gun lol
@richardgillette5759 Says:
This is crazy. Aren't guns part of his culture. Leave the man alone
@blahblahh1507 Says:
The NBA is right, black people aren't evolved enough to own guns. That's the message right?
@aaronsande Says:
What about Republican politicians who pose with their guns, with their KIDS with guns, ALL THE TIME?
@lb8853 Says:
He needs a handler. The handler can control his social media, make his "friends" sign NDA s, enforce a no filming rule, and take his guns away.
@johnathoncastro Says:
Lock him up!
@kingdom121989 Says:
Lmao Ana reaction is hilarious omg..Wow ๐ฎ๐
@mattbatten Says:
Yes hes got right to own a gun but not right to have a job or play in NBA can u go to your job put gun in your coworkers faces stop defending him please
@mattbatten Says:
Agree NBA Owners the league This is harsh JA should be suspended for a whole season 2023 2024 season hes not learn his lesson yet hes care more about street thugs than his family
@thomasharding5375 Says:
Morant is 23 years old, the average age of most individuals upon being graduated from college; and whose conduct is held to the standard of a reasonably prudent adult, not that of an adolescent whose missteps and grave errors may often be attributed to the lack of judgment that typically attends the immaturity of youth. He should be granted no mitigating excuses for his dangerous and unbelievably stupid conduct, which is the result of his censurable character (he is an anti-social bully and wannabe hooligan) not the result of his age. Because the benighted legislators in the backward State of Tennessee have given him the right to brandish a gun does not mean that his assertion of such an anti-social right is above censure. As for those who think Morant should face no adverse consequences for his conduct because no consequences have been paid by the gun-wielding fascists in Congress who are of a species consisting of the lowest life form I would answer that Morant's employer (The National Basketball Association) should (and has the contractual right to) hold him to a higher standard of conduct than that to which Congress (of which Twain said: "There is no distinctly American criminal class -- except Congress") is held.
@jamespatrickcamachodeleong2780 Says:
Kick him out of the NBA! This ungrateful jack does not deserve the stardom and cash that comes with it with this kind of behavior. Freaking show off!
@rayleft848 Says:
Enough money to buy a gun range..
@rayleft848 Says:
to call that guy Ja's friend gives the word a bad meaning
@ieatgremlins Says:
8:15 thatโs all you need to know.
@jayray3564 Says:
It canโt be the beautiful music he listens to๐ brainless
@camh1149 Says:
60 + millions potentially gone just for being an IDIOT !!! And, don't get me wrong, he didn't write that BS apology.
@RealAaron317 Says:
Crip Gang Member Checks Ja Morant "Stay In Your Lane" For Throwing Up Crip Sign!
@saintkupo Says:
Dude is an idiot. He already lost $39,000,000 because he didnโt make the All-Star team because the first incident now heโs losing more. Youโd think a guy with a quarter billion dollar contract would do whatever to protect his money.
@bukwok Says:
im not American, about gun , is lot of people carry a gun in public, because where i living basically only police have gun , if i see a men have a gun in public place , for a guy never touch a real gun like me , my first reaction probably" is something bad gonna to happened? should i call the cops..?" because you cant tell a guy is good guy or bad guy by the look , im not living in America , so maybe im little bit over react ,thinking too much or paranoia ..?
@truth2power463 Says:
Marjorie Taylor Green, Mike Collins, Lauren Boebert, Blake Masters, Janice McGeachan, Thomas Massie, and Andy Ogles are ALL Republican candidates or lawmakers who have glorified guns in political ads, Christmas cards, and social media, brandishing them like giddy children who found their parents' sex toys.
There appear to have been no consequences paid for doing so.
@BIGALEX_DRDOOM Says:
I do all the time I take pictures holding my gun acting gangsta on my own time. I don't just do it in public view though and especially social media.
@BIGALEX_DRDOOM Says:
*Gang gang whole Lotta gang shit* ๐๐ฝ๐คฃ๐๐คฃ๐
@pop5678eye Says:
A white supremacist holding an assault rifle as his permanent profile picture: 'How patriotic!'
Any skin color other than white brandishing a handgun in a video: 'How violent! Is he out of his mind?'
@sashagoodwin920 Says:
I guess I'm not understanding why it's a problem for him to have a legal gun? Suspended for it? Why
@WINuFAIL Says:
I love Ja Morant. I own two rookie cards, one signed. I told people he'd be better than Zion.
But this man is on a dark path, and needs a serious punishment so he understands the severity of his actions. I just hope he gets away from these obvious bad influences in his life and turns things around.
@isiahrowser Says:
Suspend him for the entire season. That way he can think about being a NBA star or a fake street guy.
@tlindsay6687 Says:
Itโs not illegal to take a gun on a plane? Yes you canโt just willy nilly have it in your pocket but guns can definitely be declared and carried in locked boxes as checked baggage or in checked baggage.
@Narodov1 Says:
You wonโt see this in the NHL
@richardsagrit7153 Says:
So you guys hate on police but then when a black man takes his own security into his own hands you call him a clown because of your non sensical anti gun stance.
At the end of the day youโre the only one who actually had your back. He has a nice car and probably wears jewelry. Heโs a target for theft. Him arming himself is 100% reasonable. Showing it off on social media was stupid. But him having a gun is 100% justified.
@keo6229 Says:
I think heโs mentally ill!!! take the gun away from him!!!
@davidmannn9084 Says:
This supposed gangster wonโt last 5 min in state penn๐๐
@davidmannn9084 Says:
What an idiot๐๐
@agnieszkamajer1088 Says:
For the reaction to be so strong, there must have been some previous incidents of him not being especially gun-careful. Imagine being his co-worker, depending on your body's to remain in top physical shape, and knowing that you spend most of your days around a guy who might accidentally (or not) shoot you at any time...
@stecky87 Says:
This is exactly why we want gun regulations: to prevent irresponsible fools like this guy from getting them
@joshcook1664 Says:
His contract is very clear. NBA player conduct rules are very clear. His ignorance is very clear.
@markdavidson4182 Says:
I'm bothered by the fact that he had that much money to loose in the first place. Our species is overly addicted to sports.
@Xxx01dijfn Says:
Just get rid of him. Heโs an idiot.
@ptseti Says:
Just have ONE question for yall, why do yall think Jah can leave those goons behind? Yall don't know HOW Deep Jah is with those goons. maybe he's already a blood member of this so-called gang and if so he can't simply stop them. If he does, well order a wreath for him. Maybe your boy Jah is cornered and cannot leave this hood gang he has assembled. Think about that! In any case, brother is a fvcking ass!
@michaelburk9171 Says:
Do NBA players not have first and second amendment rights?
@alecsprinkle3382 Says:
I saw the thumbnail for your video and I was like WHAT!?!?! They know sports, too? Turns out Ja Morant crossed over into your world ๐
@BigZoe99 Says:
This was on ig live Saturday I think. By night time it was making the rounds.
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