On Sunday, the Barclays Center made headlines.
While the Brooklyn Nets hosted their first home game, basketball isn’t what made the arena trend on social media.
Protestors outside the venue caught the attention of the entire nation.
As usual, the mainstream media is spewing lies and doesn’t want to give an honest report.
That’s where I’ll step in.
Because yours truly was in attendance and will set the record straight.
Protestors marched the streets of Brooklyn to the Barclays Center in support of Kyrie Irving and to fight NYC’s COVID-19 jab mandate.
Irving refused the experimental injection, and the Nets suspended him until he’s eligible to be a full participant on the team.
That means until he complies and takes the COVID-19 jab.
Before marching to the Barclays Center, the rally started at nearby Commodore Barry Park with recording artist Jimmy Levy.
Sunday Jimmy Levy, singer of “The Matrix” is the star of our rally beginning 12PM at Commodore Barry Park on Flushing Ave and Navy St, Brooklyn, as we break the matrix with him. pic.twitter.com/HPzNK72hY1
— Chris Masterjohn (@ChrisMasterjohn) October 20, 2021
At the protest against mandates and the protest for support of Kylie Irving @JimmyLevyMusic sings to the crowd #BLM #Nets #NYC pic.twitter.com/Zl4UDWS0Ou
— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) October 24, 2021
After multiple speeches from pro-freedom of choice activists and a performance from Levy, protestors marched onward to the Barclays Center.
Protestors chanted “Stand with Kyrie” to support Irving’s medical freedom of choice:
Brooklyn, NYC, New York 🇺🇸 – Protestors march through the streets chanting "Stand with Kyrie". Kyrie Irving plays for the NBA Brooklyn Nets & chose not to get a vaccine, going against the State's mandate.
🚫 Vaxxpass 🚫💉 Mandates pic.twitter.com/r9J5ljQWo3
— Intrepid Eagle 🇺🇲 (@SonsOfMontesQ) October 24, 2021
— Platform X Don't Tread on the Becks (@ai_jared) October 24, 2021
Protesters against the mandates decend at the Barclay's center where the opening day of the Brooklyn nets will take place. They chant " stand with Kyrie no v mandate " #Nyc #nets #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/3vq1qoIPGI
— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) October 24, 2021
Here’s where the protest caught the media’s attention.
Moments after ascending onto Barclays Center Plaza, some protestors hopped the barricade towards the arena entrance.
Others simply walked through the open space toward the doors to make their voices heard.
Security attempted to stop protestors from moving forward and fiercely guarded the entrance.
For a moment, the tense situation led to a standoff between security and protestors.
Watch below:
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1452364140270346241
Protesters storm the Barclays Center in #Brooklyn to protest the city’s forced vaccine mandates – Video credit: @LeeroyPress pic.twitter.com/Mj67ghEwYU
— Conservative Republican Alliance of NY 🇺🇸 (@CRANewYorkState) October 25, 2021
Officials briefly locked down the Barclays Center and nobody reported injuries.
However, spectators waited longer to get inside.
Many fans ended up missing most of the first half.
There are definitely a lot of empty seats here for the Nets’ home opener at Barclays Center.
1 – It’s football Sunday
2 – Fans (in my opinion) historically don’t arrive early at Barclays CenterYou would still expect a jam packed arena for the first home game of the year. pic.twitter.com/QGkTCsOG2L
— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) October 24, 2021
Do I feel bad fans missed a portion of their segregated sporting event?
No way!
Because the spectators deserve their fellow New Yorkers telling them they’re complying with Medical Jim Crow.
Other protestors stood on the street chanting “Wake Up New York” while holding “Stand With Kyrie” signs.
Protests outside Barclays. Signs being handed out that say “Stand with Kyrie” being pic.twitter.com/MzOyevwit8
— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) October 24, 2021
Additional footage captured the tense moments outside the Barclays Center while fans attempted to enter the arena with their COVID-19 vaccine passport.
Unvaccinated Kyrie Irving supporters storm barricades to front doors of Barclays Center protest against mandates pic.twitter.com/G6WVrL69TF
— Sandi Bachom 📹 (@sandibachom) October 25, 2021
Footage of outside the Barclays Center of the @BrooklynNets .. #LetKyriePlay chants from protest: pic.twitter.com/6sR2LlojG7
— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) October 24, 2021
MAGA and BLM at Barclays for anti-vaccine mandate protestpic.twitter.com/CGadvfxEPf
— Ṁ (@mbs_ctt) October 24, 2021
— Platform X Don't Tread on the Becks (@ai_jared) October 24, 2021
Black lives matter shut down the Barkley center in Brooklyn in support of Kyrie Irving. And chant " LET Kyrie play "
@IamHawkNewsome @iamrevkev and @newyorkvonni #blm #KyrieIrving #nyc pic.twitter.com/dbRRXQZ0lo— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) October 24, 2021
If you’ve paid close attention to the footage, you’ll notice the diversity of the protestors.
Black Lives Matter hoodies, MAGA hats, Don’t Tread on Me flags, and American flags all make appearances in the clips.
Groups who normally wouldn’t stand together have dropped their political differences to rise up against tyrannical COVID-19 jab mandates.
The mainstream media can no longer get away with their lies stating it’s only MAGA or white supremacists fighting vaccine mandates.
New York Freedom Rally, Teachers for Choice, BLM of Greater New York, Medical Freedom activists, and others formed a coalition against the mandates.
Black Lives Matter NY and Teachers For Choice#BlackLivesMatter & #TeachersForChoice
“We can shutdown NYC over these vaccine mandates” – Hawk Newsome @IamHawkNewsome @LeeroyPress @iamrevkev @progressiveact @BLMGreaterNY https://t.co/lgLLKsx5fU
— Teachers for Choice (@teacher_choice) October 20, 2021
From NY Teachers for Choice:
I immediately received both major praise and major criticism from other Medical Freedom activists over this interview. There are many who view Hawk’s disdain for the police as a non-starter for coalition building. At the same token, Hawk views embracing the police as a major deterrent for building a coalition with many Medical Freedom fighters.
Nevertheless Hawk was optimistic that we can find a way to struggle together.
Hawk has multiple issues with standing side-by-side with people holding “Thin Blue Line” flags. As everyone knows Hawk is a prominent activist against police brutality and is an outspoken abolitionist, meaning he believe the policing system as we know it should be abolished. In our interview he suggested that we brainstorm to figure out how we can struggle together while maintaining respect for BLM’s position against police and police brutality. If that can happen, Hawk believes we can cause NYC “so many headaches they would have to bend to our will” on ending vaccine passports and mandates.
I brought up the fact that the police are against the mandates as well – what an interesting political reality! A position that BLM Greater New York holds is the same as the PBA position.
I do not agree with Hawk on everything, but I stand with him and BLM Greater New York for their brave stance against vaccine mandates and passports. It is critical to note that BLM Greater New York has no affiliation with the national Black Lives Matter non-profit, which is essentially a supporter of vaccine mandates.
BLM Greater New York co-founder Hawk Newsome called to shut NYC down until the abolishment of all mandates.
"Our message is that we will not put anything into our bodies that we do not want."
– @IamHawkNewsome by the anti-vaccine mandate protest at Barclays Center.https://t.co/gOGXaOyyed— American Pigeon (@AmericanPigeon) October 24, 2021
Predictably, media pundits attempted to obscure this united front against vaccine mandates.
Jemele Hill laughably compared the “Stand with Kyrie” protest to “January 6th energy.”
And look who fact-checked her lie:
Naaa Sis! Real Black Revolutionaries and the NOI was there pic.twitter.com/738wOjerFE
— HAWK NEWSOME (@IamHawkNewsome) October 25, 2021
And I caught this headline from The Blaze:
Black Lives Matter stage vaccine mandate protest at NYC's Barclays Center to demand unvaccinated Kyrie Irving be able to play NBA games https://t.co/S86KPVPcHA
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 25, 2021
I’ll have to debunk this headline too.
The “Stand with Kyrie” protest wasn’t staged by one specific group.
It’s a coalition of diverse groups finding common ground on defeating COVID-19 jab mandates from the likes De Blasio and Biden.
Multiple groups banded together for this protest.
But The Blaze gets credit for highlighting the protest’s diverse makeup:
Demonstrators called for an end to New York City’s vaccine mandate, and carried signs that read: “End medical mandates” and “No digital passports.” There were also protesters supporting the Nets basketball player with “Stand with Kyrie” signs.
The crowd of protesters was extremely diverse, with conservatives with American, Gadsden, and “F*** Biden” flags, along with Black Lives Matter supporters, and a woman with a “Vegan unvaxxed” sign.
To further highlight the diversity of NYC’s anti-vaccine mandate protests, I’ll list several groups and/or affiliations represented in the crowd.
-MAGA
-BLM
-Libertarians
-Thin Blue Line
-Progressives
-Conservatives
-Unionists
-Classical Liberals
-Nation of Islam
-Christians
-Jews
-LGBT
Contrary to De Blasio and Biden’s intent to divide the people, it’s creating alliances we never thought possible.
But there’s potentially more groups set to join the movement.
On Monday, protestors will march across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall.
The protest is a direct response to De Blasio’s COVID-19 mandate on all city workers.
That means police officers, fire fighters, corrections officers, EMS workers, and sanitation could join the party.
NYC WORKERS ANTI-MANDATE MARCH
Monday, Oct 25, 11:30am March Over Brooklyn Bridge#TeachersForChoicehttps://t.co/sPvc5Nhrcx— Teachers for Choice (@teacher_choice) October 24, 2021
It’s potentially a historic day to forever shape NYC’s future.
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