NBA legend Phil Jackson baffles fans after sharing video of Trump Tower protester's arrest

NBA fable Phil Jackson near his followers bewildered connected Wednesday erstwhile helium shared a video of a protester astatine Trump Tower successful New York getting arrested aft seemingly spraying graffiti wrong the building.

Jackson offered nary remark arsenic helium shared the video, and it near those who travel him a small confused arsenic to wherefore helium did it successful the archetypal place.

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A clime protester kneels successful Trump Tower. (FNTV)

Nathaniel Smith, 36, a Brooklyn resident, was arrested implicit the enactment of vandalism, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. 

The vandal was filmed spray-painting over the plaque successful the Manhattan gathering earlier kneeling connected the level and holding a tiny banner that read: "Game Over," according to video footage of the incident. 

He was escorted distant from the country by authorities. 

"This is your country. This is our country. This is our planet.… You cannot ruin it without comment. They are ruining the satellite for profit," helium was heard yelling portion being led retired of the building.

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A clime protester vandalized the statesmanlike insignia wrong Trump Tower connected Wednesday. (FNTV)

Jackson sparked contention successful 2023 implicit his comments astir NBA players protesting successful the bubble arsenic the league got restarted during the coronavirus pandemic.

He said the NBA was "catering" to a definite audience, which turned disconnected fans who wanted to support authorities retired of sports.

Jackson was asked astir his comments connected the latest occurrence of Stacey King’s "Gimme the Hot Sauce," saying that critics had failed to recognize the wit down them. 

"I don’t deliberation radical got the humor.... The names are connected the backmost of the players that were successful the bubble due to the fact that if you use them to defending and challenging and going to the hoop, and you usage those monikers that were connected the names, it had a comic facet to it," Jackson said astatine the time. "That’s conscionable what I was bringing up to the kids. Visually, this is benignant of humorous."

Then-Lakers caput manager Phil Jackson walks disconnected the tribunal aft being swept by the Mavericks successful Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals successful Dallas. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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"I had thing against BLM oregon the origin that was down it. The humorous quality of going wholly woke by the NBA truly was like, it’s beauteous hard to watch."

Fox News' Joe Morgan and Louis Casiano Jr. contributed to this report.

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