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JR Smith’s strong reaction

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NBA star JR Smith’s name was trending worldwide on Monday after a video of him beating up a man went viral. JR Smith explained on Instagram why he did what he did. It appeared that the he beat up the man who broke his car’s window during a protest, but in a residentia­l area where no protest was taking place.

“One of these white boys didn’t know where he was going and broke my window in my truck. This was a residentia­l area. There were no stores over here. None of that. Broke my window. I chased him down and whooped his a**. This ain’t no hate crime . . . he didn’t know whose window he broke, and he got his a** whooped,” JR said in the story. @RTNBA tweeted: “2020s different, yesterday we had LeBron, JR Smith and Anthony Davis casually riding their bikes in Los Angeles . . . today we have JR

Smith beating up someone that broke his car window. What’s next?” @TweetCarDe­sire tweeted: “JR Smith just solidified his hall of fame status with that fight win. Opponent never had a chance. Get this man back in the NBA now.”

@NotJerryTi­pton tweeted: “JR Smith caught a guy smashing his car window, so he proceeded to beat the hell out of the guy. JR Smith just became a lot of people’s favorite player.”

@lamarmvp_08 tweeted: “Imagine breaking someone’s window then realizing it’s JR Smith.” @Nobodyepic tweeted: “This guy is just lucky JR Smith wasn’t armed with a bowl of soup. Could’ve been a lot worse.”

JR Smith is an American profession­al basketball player who is currently a free agent. He last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers who compete in the National Basketball Associatio­n.

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