“I’m Not Going Home, This Is My Family”: NBA Champion Jrue Holiday Was Once Put in “Handcuffs” After Standing Up for His Family

During the Black Lives Matter movement, NBA Players were vocal about their unfortunate experiences with the law on the counts of discrimination. They also spoke up and demanded change by participating in protests and social media campaigns. Amid this uproar, Lauren Holiday, NBA Star Jrue Holiday’s wife wrote about an incident involving Jrue Holiday, herself, and the police in the Players Tribune. Two years later, Holiday finally opened up about their experience.

Jrue and Lauren Holiday met at UCLA and tied the knot in 2013. Lauren herself was an athlete and played for the National Soccer Team. The sports-oriented couple has two children together. 

Jrue Holiday on his encounter with the cops

On Serge Ibaka’s YouTube show, Jrue spoke about the time he got arrested for having stood up for his family. He begins by stating that his wife, Lauren’s race is white. He recalled that his sister and Lauren were out shopping when they were pulled over by a cop. Both the women were in the car without a license, so Jrue drove up to their spot and handed over his wife’s license to the cops. 

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The NBA Champion revealed that the cop was a little aggressive and uttered words that Jrue refrained from repeating. Following this, the cop asked Jrue to leave. However, Jrue refused. He said, “I’m like, I’m sorry sir, I’m not going home. Like this is my family.” 

Jrue intended on staying because he wanted to make sure that everything was okay. But his supposed pure intention got him into trouble. He said, “because I didn’t leave, I got put into handcuffs.” 

Lauren Holiday’s article

According to Lauren’s article, moments after the handcuffs scene, she demanded answers from the police officer. She wanted to know why her husband was being arrested. Soon, another officer joined them and after the officers spoke to each other, Jrue was let go and Lauren received a ticket. 

In the article, she mentioned that her family got lucky and called this a clear case of racism. Being white, she stated that she had never experienced this sort of injustice. But now, she had seen, what Jrue calls it, the other side of things. 

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Lauren encouraged privileged people like herself to speak out and speak up against injustice. While apologizing for having stayed quiet, she called for society to get to work.