LOS ANGELES -- SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Womens Kenny Clark Jersey . (AP) -- In a story April 28 about responses to racist comments
attributed to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, The Associated
Press misidentified a lawmaker who denounced the statements.
Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, spoke out against the
comments, not Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown, D-San Bernardino.
The NAACP has decided against honouring Donald Sterling with a lifetime
achievement award from its Los Angeles chapter after the Clippers owner
allegedly made racist comments in a recorded conversation.
Donations made by Sterling, who has owned the team since 1981, will be
returned, Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles NAACP, said at a
news conference Monday. Jenkins would not say how much money was
involved.
"There is a personal, economic and social price that Mr. Sterling must
pay for his attempt to turn back the clock on race relations," he said.
Sterling, 80, had been scheduled to receive the honour on May 15 as part
of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Los Angeles branch of the
nations oldest civil rights organization.
He had been chosen to receive the award because of his long history of
donating to minority charities and giving game tickets to inner city
children, Jenkins said. The NAACP has honoured Sterling several times in
the past.
The Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation gave $5,000 to the NAACPs
Los Angeles chapter in 2010, according to tax records, and Sterling was
listed as his foundations only contributor. There were no records of
further NAACP contributions in 2011 or 2012, the latest years for which
records were available.
Sterlings purported comments have overshadowed the NBAs opening playoff
round and prompted an NBA investigation. The league is planning a
Tuesday news conference to discuss the probe.
There has been no official confirmation that it is Sterling on the
recording, portions of which were released over the weekend by TMZ and
Deadspin.
Sterling "is emphatic that what is reflected on that recording is not
consistent with, nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feelings,"
according to a statement from team president Andy Roeser on Saturday.
Neither Sterling nor his representatives have since commented on the
controversy.
Jenkins, of the NAACP, was asked how detrimental he considered Sterlings
alleged remarks.
"On a scale of one to 10? Eleven," he said. "It goes back to a
segregation system and a time that nobody in America is proud of."
Members of the state Legislatures black caucus joined those denouncing
Sterling.
Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, said lawmakers should not
ignore the countrys history of discrimination.
"Once again we are reminded of the ugliness and sometimes what appears
to be the pervasive permanence of hatred," Weber said while speaking in
support of a resolution declaring Holocaust Remembrance Week. "So I want
to simply challenge us as we go forward to not think that, Yes, we see
the past, but recognize the past has a profound impact on the present.
And if we are not conscious (of it), it will direct our future."
Assemblyman Isadore Hall, D-Compton and secretary of the black caucus,
blasted Sterling and compared him to a "slave master" looking down at
his African-American players.
"Its an utter embarrassment," Hall said in an interview after the floor
session, "not just to the NBA, but also to all the individuals who
believe that at some point, in California at least, we have risen above
that, and we obviously havent."
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NEW YORK -- Dallas Mavericks point guard Raymond Felton pleaded guilty
Wednesday in a New York gun case, taking a plea deal that involved
admitting a felony but spares him jail.
Felton pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and
criminal possession of a firearm. He admitted he knowingly had a
large-capacity ammunition magazine and a semi-automatic pistol without a
license.
"Are those charges true?" Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Larry
Stephen asked.
"Yes, sir," Felton said, later adding in a soft voice: "I apologize. I
realize what I did was wrong."
He was immediately sentenced to 500 hours of community service and
ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Manhattan Assistant District Attorney
Jonathan Rebold said Felton will be allowed to do the service outside
New York.
If he complies, the case will be closed without jail time or probation.
"At this point, Raymond is looking forward to starting the next chapter
of his life and focusing on success in Dallas," his lawyer, James
Walden, said after court.
The criminal case arose last winter, as Felton grappled with the breakup
of his marriage and navigated a struggling season with the New York
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The team declined to comment Wednesday.
About a week after Feltons law student wife filed for divorce, her
attorney brought a loaded semi-automatic handgun to a police precinct
and said it was Feltons and she wanted it out of the house, authorities
said. Walden has said Felton never threatened anyone with the gun.
After police contacted Felton, he turned himself in shortly after a
Mavericks-Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.
Felton was charged under a state law that bans many large-capacity
ammunition magazines. Prosecutors said Feltons could hold about 20
rounds.
The NBA, which has said it is monitoring the case, had no immediate
comment Wednesday. The league usually waits until criminal cases against
players are resolved before deciding whether to impose any fine or
suspension.
Felton, 30, was a star at the University of North Carolina and was the
fifth pick of the 2005 NBA draft. Besides Dallas and New York, hes
played for the Charlotte Bobcats, Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail
Blazers.
Last season, Felton missed 17 games while battling injuries and averaged
a career-low 9.7 points as the Knicks went 37-45 and missed the
playoffs.
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