The NBA announced that the meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves, initially scheduled for this Saturday evening, has been postponed to Sunday for security reasons. This comes after the death today of a 37-year-old man, shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis during a protest against immigration enforcement (ICE).
The drama that occurred this Saturday in Minneapolis will have repercussions on the NBA match between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors. Initially scheduled for this Saturday evening, the meeting, which was to be played at the Target Center in central Minneapolis, was officially postponed to Sunday (11:30 p.m. French time) for security reasons.
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Timberwolves-Golden State postponed until Sunday ‘for security reasons’ in Minneapolis
The North American league made this decision in order to preserve the local community of Minneapolis, bereaved by the death of a 37-year-old man, hit by shots from federal agents of American immigration (ICE).
The announcement of this postponement confirmed that made earlier by the ESPN journalist Shams Charania on his X account (formerly Twitter). This is the second shooting involving a federal agent in Minneapolis in a week, and the third this month.
Above all, this new incident comes two weeks after the death of Renee Good, a 37-year-old woman who was shot several times by an ICE officer as she tried to leave the scene in her vehicle. This tragedy was the starting point for numerous demonstrations in the streets of the city, to protest against ICE’s anti-migrant operations, and in particular the arrest and detention of a 5-year-old child.
