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April 6, 2012

Police Force Black Baseball Star to Present ID at Gunpoint in His Own Home 
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Police in Newport, California, drew their guns on all-star Major League
Baseball player Torii Hunter outside his own home on Wednesday. The
police arrived after an alarm had accidentally been activated at the
home of the African-American player. Hunter tweeted, "They didn't
believe I lived here in Newport Coast so they walked me upstairs at
gunpoint to get my ID." Soon after, one of Hunter's teammates tweeted,
"That's racist." Hunter responded, "LOL ... Now you know I can't say
that." Hunter is a winner of the Branch Rickey Award for service and a
two-time finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award, which recognizes
players for community involvement and sportsmanship.



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