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P.G. County Cop Who Filmed Delonte West Street Fight Suspended

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Delonte West and his struggles in the wake of his NBA career are well documented, and a recent video of a street fight in his Prince George’s County, Md. went viral, prompting a call for support. A county police officer who reportedly filmed the event and didn’t intervene has been suspended pending an investigation according to reports.

NBC News reports that the Prince George’s County Police Department has suspended the unnamed officer after a video they took was shared across social media sites, and officials are still trying to determine how the footage was leaked out. In the Jan. 20 clip., West is seen catching blows from a man who stood over him while cars stood by gawking and watching the drama played out.

It is being said that West started the fight after allegedly attacking the unknown man with a glass bottle. In a video depicting his shirtless arrest and the clip that got the officer suspended, West is heard saying, [I] was walking down the street and [the assailaint] approached me with a gun.”

West also muttered loudly that he was “the real f*cking president” during his curbside arrest rant. Observers noted that West appeared to be suffering a breakdown of sorts but an official word from healthcare officials hasn’t been released to the public.

Some former athletes and former teammates of West, such as former NFL star Dez Bryant and college teammate Jameer Nelson, are rallying around him. The NBA is also saying it will lend some assistance to West as well.

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Video Surfaces Of Delonte West Getting Beaten & Arrested, Twitter Rallies Around Former NBA Star

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Delonte West is once again in the news but not for anything related to basketball but instead his personal woes much to the dismay of many. Video footage of the former NBA star getting beaten in the street and also arrested in another clip has sparked discussion online that the Washington, D.C. area native is in need of serious help.

On Sunday, an Instagram video shared by @KikiTheDiva7 appears to show West getting punched and kicked by a man in the street somewhere near southern Prince George’s County, Md., presumably near the city of Oxon Hill. The person filming the beating suggests that West angered the man who doled out the severe punishment which had cars stopped along the way.

In another video, which hasn’t been reported as connected to the previous clip, shows West shirtless and getting arrested while yelling obscenities and claiming someone pulled a gun on him. Since going viral, the clip has sparked the concerns of many such as Dez Bryant and many others who don’t see the humor in West’s situation although plenty of people on Twitter had their fair share of jokes at the man’s expense.

West, 36, was a first-round pick in the 2004 NBA Draft when the Boston Celtics selected him, showing scoring skill and promise by the end of his third season there before being shipped to the Seattle Supersonics.

Following Seattle, West was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers and was a productive scorer for the squad but also allegedly had clashes with then-team star, LeBron James. He then went on to play bounce around between Dallas and made a return to Boston before ending his career in the NBA’s development league in 2015.

We’ve captured some of the comments related to Delonte West’s current situation. For fairness, we’re including all sides of the commentary for reporting purposes only.

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