Sometimes fans do some wild things at NBA games and are thus dealt with by security and ejected. Fans can get ejected for different things, such as offensive language or disrupting the game. It seems as though the latter happened today
A woman has recently chained herself to the basket during the Minnesota Timberwolves- Memphis Grizzlies game. The woman was wearing a shirt that stated “Glen Taylor Roasts Animals Alive”, and it seems as though she is protesting for animal rights.
A woman chained herself to the back of the basket at the Timberwolves-Grizzlies game
She was escorted out by security pic.twitter.com/mZC5y4hdeW
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 16, 2022
The Timberwolves have had a second consecutive game interrupted by a protestor.
A woman attempted to chain herself to the stanchion of the net. Security snapped her chain and escorted her off. pic.twitter.com/J8CwD1jM4y
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) April 16, 2022
It seems as though the reason the protestor was angry about the “alleged practices” at Glen Taylor’s chicken farm. There was notably another protestor who glued her hand to the court for the same cause. The protestors also want Glen Taylor to sell the team immediately and donate $11.3 million to “public health charities and animal sanctuaries”. Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports relayed the news.
According to ESPN’s Ros Gold-Onwude, the protester shared a common cause with the other bizarre protest of the week at the Timberwolves’ play-in game. In that case, the animal rights protester tried to glue herself to the court by her wrists.
It appears chains were much more effective than glue, as the first protester was escorted out almost immediately. Neither were as effective as the oil protester who managed to zip-tie himself by the neck to a goal post at a Premier League match last month,
Both protesters wore T-shirts reading “Glen Taylor Roasts Animals Alive,” apparently referring to alleged practices at the outgoing Timberwolves owner’s chicken farm as laid out by a statement from the group behind the disruptions.
The group is calling for the sale of the Timberwolves from Taylor to Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore be expedited with Taylor immediately stepping down from day-to-day team operations and for the billionaire to donate $11.3 million in federal subsidies to public health charities and animal sanctuaries.
It remains to be seen if the protests will continue in the future. As the article by Baer mentions, this is the second time that there has been a protest against Glen Taylor this week, and it seems as though is something that has become a trend.
As for the Minnesota Timberwolves, they will likely try and focus on winning their first playoff game this season. They are currently in a heated matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies, and we’ll have to wait to see who comes out on top.
