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Dallas Wings player DiJonai Carrington spoke out towards referees for calling security on her in a social media publish Friday.
During a heated altercation with officers during the Wings’ loss to the Chicago Sky Thursday, security guards approached as Carrington grew to become more and more demonstrative.
One security guard even obtained between Carrington and an official. The official backed away from Carrington whereas pulling the security guard by his shirt in entrance of Carrington for defense.
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Courtney Vandersloot, left, of the Chicago Sky and DiJonai Carrington of the Dallas Wings go to the ground for a free ball within the second half at Wintrust Area Could 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Photographs)
Carrington responded to the incident in a publish on X Friday, suggesting the summoning of security was a “microaggression.”
“Security… once I’m actually having a civil dialog is insane. Thoughts you, he called the “sEcUrItY” over there…” Carrington wrote over a clip of the incident with a misspelled “microaggression” hashtag.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the WNBA and the Sky for remark.
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Former Dallas Wings player Cheryl Swoopes additionally spoke out towards the referee who summoned security in a publish on X.
“If this man was scared (of what, I do not know) and wanted security, he ought to NEVER have the ability to ref once more! This cannot be actual!” Swoopes wrote.
Carrington grew to become a controversial determine within the WNBA final season.
As a member of Connecticut Solar in 2024, Carrington gave Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark a black eye after poking her during a sport within the first spherical of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.
Connecticut Solar guard DiJonai Carrington (21) fouls Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) within the second half of a WNBA basketball sport in Indianapolis Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)
Carrington has mentioned she did not deliberately poke Clark within the eye and that she wasn’t laughing concerning the incident. Nonetheless, she appeared to make mild of the controversy over Clark’s black eye in an Instagram Stay video in October.
Within the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who performs for the Indiana Fever with Clark, have been of their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington within the eye.
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“Ow, you poked me within the eye,” Carrington mentioned. Smith apologized, and the 2 laughed.
“Did you do it on function?” Carrington requested.
Through the “Unmatched” league season in January, Carrington wore a shirt that mentioned, “The F— Donald Trump Tour” whereas strolling into Wayfair Area in Miami, Florida.
Then, during a press convention after one other sport that month, Carrington declared it was time for WNBA gamers to “take motion” in response to President Donald Trump’s insurance policies.
DiJonai Carrington of the Dallas Wings reacts to a no-call during the second half towards the Chicago Sky Could 29, 2025, at Wintrust Area in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
“We see that a number of the insurance policies are already going into motion, and, in fact, that implies that because the WNBA and being at the forefront of a number of these actions, it is time for us to additionally take motion,” Carrington mentioned.
“It positively must occur as girls, girls’s rights being taken away. Like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They have not occurred but, however positively within the works.”
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