Miami Heat suspends Meyers Leonard for using slur during Twitch stream
Photo by Scott Taetsch / Getty Images The Miami Heat has suspended Meyers Leonard indefinitely after he used an anti-Semitic slur during a Twitch stream on Monday.
The Miami Heat vehemently condemns the use of any form of hate speech," the NBA team wrote in a Twitter statement on Tuesday evening. The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong and we will not tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with our franchise."
- Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) March 10, 2021
In a statement apologizing for his actions posted to Instagram, Leonard says he wasn't aware of the meaning of the slur when he said it.
While I didn't know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is absolutely...