with a fan trurushed the floor. you can tell they ve been in captivity for the past year and change, right? it s kind of wild to see the liberties that people are taking. you can see russell westbrook very upset. reporter: it follows a string of other ucla incidents during the nba playoffs, popcorn dump on russell westbrook as he left the court with a sprained ankle in philly. a knicks fan spitting on the atlanta hawks trae young, and a water bottle throne at nets star kyrie irving. treating people like they re at a human zoo. throwing stuff, saying things, there s a point where it s too much. hey, hey! reporter: the return of incivility is most pronounced on airplanes. this is from may 23rd when a flight attendant had two teeth knocked out by a disgruntled passenger. the faa reporting it s received 2,500 reports of unruly passengers since the beginning
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in covid for so long. maybe this is the reason but then you also have to look at it historically because this has been happening for a long time. and i think we have to listen to the players now when they re talking about their humanity as human beings because some of these acts are really dehumanizing and not necessarily fan and player and sport interaction. so there s it s definitely a fine line and that line has been crossed, especially when you start spitting and throwing things at players inside the arena. look, that s why i thought what kyrie irving said about being treated like you re in a human zoo was so poignant. meta, i m wondering if those words hit home for you? well, i mean, the words don t necessarily hit home for me. i do agree with kyrie s stance on certain things. and i also agree with what coach thomas said also. i think the fans have been home
he said some fans treat players like they re a human zoo. i mean, does he have a point? yeah. we have seen some of the unrest and the trouble in the stands. even over the last few days, in the nba. it is it is it is troubling. it s it s very concerning. and i think, what has happened is we, these athletes are on such a pedestal. they almost feel untouchable and unreachable and we forget they are human beings. and also, the idea that we know them, right? there s someone screaming in the stands. and and it s as if they know this person down on the on the field. on the pitch. on the court. wherever it might be. well, they don t know them. i i cover them and i know them, probably, better. some of them, better than most people would. and i don t know them. couple percentage points of their entire life. you know, maybe 5% of their life. and so, we don t know what they re going through. we don t know how hard it is. and athletes now are starting to speak out. and and make this
he said some fans treat players like they re a human zoo. does he have a point? yeah, when we ve seen some of the unrest and trouble in the stands even over the last few days in the nba, it is it is troubling. it s very concerning, and i think what has happened is these athletes are on such a pedestal. they almost feel untouchable, unreachable, and we forget that they re human beings. also the idea that we know them. there s someone screaming in the stands and it s as if they know this person down on the field, on the pitch, on the court, wherever it might be. well, they don t know them. i cover them, and i know them probably better some of them better than most people would, and i don t know them. christine brennan, thanks so much. great to see you. you as well. thank you. for the second year in a row, china has denied an appeal to allow a vigil in hong kong commemorating the 1989 tiananmen
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