Meyers Leonard, one of the most popular Miami Heat players, is in hot water today after a video surfaced of him uttering an ethnically offensive and derogatory term for Jewish people. The video was taken off of Leonard's Twitch stream, where he was playing the video game Call of Duty.
During the stream, Leonard could clearly be heard saying, "you fucking k*** bitch" on the stream to another player. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the Miami Heat is in the process of reviewing the video.
Leonard is a huge gamer and often promotes his Twitch streams on social media. He has also participated in video game tournaments in the past with other professional players.Meyers Leonard says racial slurs while playing CoD pic.twitter.com/WHwUnbV0pR
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Despite wearing a jersey calling for "EQUALITY" last year, Leonard has consistently been one of only two players in the NBA who refused to kneel alongside his teammates during the National Anthem in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. He told ESPN he supports Black Lives Matter but "my patriotism runs deep."
Leonard — who after only a handful of games sustained a season-ending injury this year — had likely already played his last game with Miami. Now, there's a question as to whether he'll be welcomed back to the team at all.
