New Yorker confronts unruly Knicks fans: "This is our city"

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After the New York Knicks mislaid to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals connected Monday, a ample radical of radical took implicit a thoroughfare successful midtown Manhattan — and 1 New Yorker tried to halt the chaos.

The assemblage became progressively rowdy, convulsive and destructive connected a thoroughfare adjacent to a ticker enactment successful Bryant Park, according to the New York City Police Department.

Videos posted connected societal media amusement fans fighting, ripping retired thoroughfare signs and banging connected cars. Fans besides blocked postulation and climbed connected apical of airy poles and constabulary vehicles, constabulary said.

In a now-viral video, 32-year-old Balladoli Mieses stepped successful beforehand of radical attempting to propulsion a thoroughfare motion from the crushed and asked, "What are y'all doing? This is our city."

"New York City means a batch to maine due to the fact that this is wherever I was raised…this is wherever my daughters live," Mieses told CBS News connected Friday.

The begetter of 4 said that radical ignored his pleas to stop, and alternatively started booing and slapping him.

Mieses said helium "didn't care" astir the antagonistic reaction, explaining that helium acted connected an instinct to support wherever helium lives.

"We've got to instrumentality attraction of our metropolis for the future, similar my daughters," Mieses said.

When asked however helium had the courageousness to hazard his information connected behalf of the city, Mieses responded that his parents ever taught him to "do right," and to "never beryllium frightened of saying what you privation to say."

Police took 21 radical into custody Monday night. Two days later, aft the Knicks won Game 4 of the bid successful melodramatic fashion, constabulary took 56 radical into custody erstwhile different assemblage became rowdy and disruptive, according to police.

As the Knicks hole for Game 5 connected Saturday, Mieses plans to observe the squad and hopes different fans bash truthful safely.

Still, if faced with a akin concern successful the future, Mieses said, "I would bash it again for my city."

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