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15. Police: NBA legend Bill Russell arrested with gun at airport (2013)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:53 AM

Jul 2016

NBA legend Bill Russell was arrested this week for allegedly bringing a loaded gun to Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle, police said.

Russell, 79, was arrested Wednesday and issued a state citation for having a weapon in a prohibited area of the airport, said Perry Cooper, a Port of Seattle Police Department spokesman.

Russell was issued a citation and released. He had a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun in a forbidden area of the airport, said Lisette Garcia, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman.

The gun was found during a screening of carry-on bags at a checkpoint, the TSA said.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/19/us/bill-russell-gun-airport/

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Bill Russell on keeping his hands up during a traffic stop. [View all] bigtree Jul 2016 OP

Thanks for this. Kick and Rec!!!!!!!!! still_one Jul 2016 #1

Bill f-ing Russell rocks uawchild Jul 2016 #2

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2016 #3

Published in October 1980. 19 f'ing 80. How much longer this going to go on ? n/t CincyDem Jul 2016 #4

Being going on for much longer than that.. HipChick Jul 2016 #7

Oh yeah - I get that. CincyDem Jul 2016 #19

Think of the thousands who have had their lives cut short in this manner alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #14

Very timely, considering that was the year a riot broke out in Miami over the very same problem. forest444 Jul 2016 #21

Been going on (here in North America) since 1526 or so ... Jopin Klobe Jul 2016 #53

K&R!! It shows how long this has been going on! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #5

Big K&R PatSeg Jul 2016 #6

"Matched the description" GoneOffShore Jul 2016 #8

Yup. Description: "Black male, aged 18-80." catbyte Jul 2016 #75

DU Rec. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #9

K & R for remembering how fucking long this has gone on! Thank you! ancianita Jul 2016 #10

Racism and Bill Russell Lamonte Jul 2016 #11

Bill Russell's daughter FuzzyRabbit Jul 2016 #20

Doesn't matter what you do for a living or how much you make. BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #12

Actor Wendell Pierce describes how a cop almost shot him as he drove home tblue37 Jul 2016 #36

That's just sad. BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #52

I remember this episode.. mountain grammy Jul 2016 #90

K&R napkinz Jul 2016 #13

Police: NBA legend Bill Russell arrested with gun at airport (2013) oberliner Jul 2016 #15

and of course the irrelevant post must follow... n/t uawchild Jul 2016 #16

The OP is about an incident involving Bill Russell and law enforcement oberliner Jul 2016 #28

very very weak, Obie uawchild Jul 2016 #42

You have no idea what you are talking about oberliner Jul 2016 #58

I reflect this way greiner3 Jul 2016 #85

that is their job uhnope Jul 2016 #87

your point? bigtree Jul 2016 #18

Your OP is about Bill Russell oberliner Jul 2016 #27

that's nonsense bigtree Jul 2016 #34

No it's not oberliner Jul 2016 #37

tell us the 'insight' you gleaned about traffic stops and race bigtree Jul 2016 #41

OK oberliner Jul 2016 #59

Federal police vs the local yokels BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #60

Good point oberliner Jul 2016 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Jul 2016 #79

Yup. It might just as well have been about one of the matches he played in ! Joe Chi Minh Jul 2016 #89

You seem to be pushing a narrative, what is that narrative? n/t Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #23

No narrative is being pushed oberliner Jul 2016 #29

since it's completely unrelated to the issue of police stops and race bigtree Jul 2016 #35

Why is one incident with law enforcement relevant and another (more recent one) irrelevant? oberliner Jul 2016 #39

because one was justified the other the USUAL racial profiling. Your position here intimates that th uponit7771 Jul 2016 #78

Of course it happens oberliner Jul 2016 #81

I think we agree on that, its the .0001% who are not (seeing humans aren't perfect) that are not uponit7771 Jul 2016 #86

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #43

How wonderful for you oberliner Jul 2016 #57

The point being? marmar Jul 2016 #25

Sometimes law enforcement behaves properly? oberliner Jul 2016 #31

The incident in Russell's book doesn't sound like one of those times marmar Jul 2016 #44

But that was over 30 years ago oberliner Jul 2016 #56

"I would argue that perhaps things are better today" BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #61

You think things are worse today than 30 years ago? oberliner Jul 2016 #62

Were you? BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #64

Yes, indeed oberliner Jul 2016 #65

So because it wasn't on "social media" BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #66

"Your post is an example of why the problem exists and will continue to exist for the next century." oberliner Jul 2016 #67

I'm afraid given your other responses in this thread BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #70

You have no idea what you are talking about oberliner Jul 2016 #83

That was NOT your original assertion BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #88

Red Herring, the point here being there's very little recourse when they don't and usually have uponit7771 Jul 2016 #76

So I guess your point is "Just because he's with the NBA that doesn't mean..." Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #26

Not sure how you would come to that conclusion oberliner Jul 2016 #32

I'm fed up with the denial. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #38

There is no denial oberliner Jul 2016 #40

And you base this conclusion on what? uawchild Jul 2016 #45

The percentage of minority police officers in U.S. agencies almost doubled between 1987 and 2013 oberliner Jul 2016 #48

Yet the fact that those black cops BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #69

Your post didn't come off that way. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #51

My post was literally just a news article oberliner Jul 2016 #55

That was great. PatrickforO Jul 2016 #17

everytime i see a cheerful little black boy. i wanna give him a hug for what is gonna change for him pansypoo53219 Jul 2016 #22

Mr Russell was fortunate there were witnesses. malthaussen Jul 2016 #24

K&R. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #30

Seems kind of scary for any person. rockfordfile Jul 2016 #33

LEO has been deliberately infiltrated by white supremacists: tblue37 Jul 2016 #46

One quarter of all police officers are people of color oberliner Jul 2016 #47

That doesn't mean that there are not a lot of good ol' boy cops, tblue37 Jul 2016 #50

True - but perhaps things are getting better oberliner Jul 2016 #54

Philadelphia's Guardian Civic League BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #71

That is depressing oberliner Jul 2016 #73

Another Red Herring, it's not the LEOs who are white are going to openly tell the PoC LEOs that they uponit7771 Jul 2016 #77

Not at all oberliner Jul 2016 #82

a 'routine mistake.' elleng Jul 2016 #49

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jul 2016 #68

He's lucky he wasn't shot for .... something. They would figure it out later. FighttheFuture Jul 2016 #72

I was still working at the time "L.A. Law" was on. I interviewed Blair Underwood. calimary Jul 2016 #74

epic kick Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #80

I saw Forest Whittaker on a talk show .... kwassa Jul 2016 #84

The reason southerners made it illegal for slaves to learn to read and write, mountain grammy Jul 2016 #91

kick napkinz Jul 2016 #92