FIRST
FIRST TO
FIRST TO REPORT THIS
AFTERNOON... LOCAL YOUTH HOCKEY PLAYERS YELLING
RACIST WORDS AND
NOISES AT A BLACK
PLAYER FROM
AMHERST.
GOOD EVENING, I'M
SCOTT LEVIN.
AND I'M MARYALICE
DEMLER.
THE VIDEO IS DAMNING
EVIDENCE OF PLAYER
MISCONDUCT -- YET NO
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
HAS BEEN TAKEN.
WE'VE BEEN
INVESTIGATING THIS
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS
NOW.
WE WARN YOU -- THIS
STORY IS DISTURBING.
2 ON YOUR SIDE'S
MICHAEL WOOTEN
TALKED WITH THE
FATHER OF THE TEEN
WHO WAS TARGETED --
WITH THE SLURS.
THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE GAME BACK ON JANUARY 20TH...
BETWEEN THE 18-U
TEAMS FROM AMHERST
AND CHEEKTOWAGA.
ROSHAUN BROWN-HALL
FROM AMHERST WAS
THE ONLY BLACK
PLAYER ON THE ICE...
AND YOU CAN CLEARLY
HEAR CHEEKTOWAGA
PLAYERS YELLING
RACIST SLURS AT HIM...
"
. YOU HEAR THAT?"
THE MAN WHO SHOT
THE VIDEO TOLD 2 ON
YOUR SIDE... SEVERAL
PLAYERS REPEATEDLY
MADE MONKEY
NOISES... AND YELLED
MONKEY.
AFTER THE GAME
ENDED...
AS ROSHAUN AND HIS
TEAMMATES WERE
SPEAKING WITH THE
REFS...
THIS --
"HEY FCK YOU
MONKEY. REALLY? HE
SAID FCK YOU
MONKEY."
ROSHAUN'S DAD... WAS
FURIOUS.
"THEY WERE MAKING
MONKEY MOTIONS AND
MONKEY NOISES, AND
YOU KNOW, SAYING THE
WORD MONKEY. AND IT
WAS DIRECTED AT MY
SON, ROSHAUN."
"WHEN YOU RECOUNT
THAT AND SAY IT OUT
LOUD, WHAT DO YOU
THINK? I GET ANGRY. I
GET VERY ANGRY. AND
I'VE BEEN VERY ANGRY
SINCE I'VE SEEN THE
VIDEO ALSO."
THE REFEREES
CLAIMED NOT TO HEAR
THE RACIST REMARKS...
AND THE SCORECARD
SHOWS -- THEY TOOK
"NO" ACTION.
"HOW DID THIS AFFECT
ROSHAUN? YOU KNOW,
SHAUN IS THE KIND OF
KID THAT HE DOESN'T
WANT THINGS TO GET
UNDER HIS SKIN, BUT
YOU CAN TELL HE WAS
VISIBLY UPSET."
IN THE DAYS AFTER THE
GAME AT THE
NORTHTOWNS
CENTER... AMHERST
COACHES, PLAYERS
AND PARENTS MET TO
DISCUSS WHAT
HAPPENED.
ROSHAUN'S DAD, DR.
DARREN-BROWN-HALL,
WROTE A LETTER --
ASKING FOR
DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE
WESTERN NEW YORK
AMATEUR HOCKEY
LEAGUE RESPONDED...
SAYING HER
ORGANIZATION "DOES
NOT CONDONE ANY
ACTIONS THAT ARE
HATEFUL, HURTFUL OR
DISCRIMINATORY IN
NATURE... THERE IS NO
PLACE IN OUR GAME
FOR THESE HURTFUL
WORDS AND DAMAGING
ACTIONS..."
BUT SHE SAID THE
MATTER WAS
REFERRED ABOVE HER
HEAD... TO THE WEST
SECTION PRESIDENT OF
THE "STATE" AMATEUR
HOCKEY ASSOCIATION.
SINCE THEN...
"THERE HAS BEEN NO
DECISION, AND WE
HAVE NOT HEARD A
THING."
DR. BROWN-HALL
REACHED BACK OUT TO
THE WEST SECTION
PRESIDENT
YESTERDAY...
PRESIDENT YESTERDAY... HE RESPONDED...
SAYING THE INCIDENT
IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY...
BUT HE IS NOT
FINISHED WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
DR. BROWN-HALL
WONDERS -- WHAT'S
TAKING SO LONG.
"THERE'S BEEN NO
DISCUSSION OR
CONVERSATION ABOUT
MY SON ABOUT WHAT
OCCURRED OR ANY OF
HIS TEAMMATES, SO I'M
NOT SURE WHAT TYPE
OF INVESTIGATION MR.
BRAUNSTEIN IS DOING.
NO ONE FROM HIS
OFFICE HAS REACHED
OUT TO YOUR SON OR
THE OTHER PLAYERS?
NO. THEY HAVE NOT.
THAT'S PRETTY
ASTOUNDING.
ABSOLUTELY."
ASTOUNDING. ABSOLUTELY." TIMING IS KEY...
BECAUSE THE SAME
TWO TEAMS "WERE"
SCHEDULED TO PLAY
AGAIN "TOMORROW" IN
CHEEKTOWAGA... IN
THE PLAYOFFS.
THE PLAYOFFS.
BUT
BUT LATE
BUT LATE TODAY -- TEAMS WERE INFORMED THE 18-U
PLAYOFFS HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED... BECAUSE
THE WEST SECTION
WON'T BE ABLE TO
FINISH THE
INVESTIGATION.
DR. BROWN-HALL SAYS
THAT, IN ESSENSE,
PUNISHES THE
INNOCENT.
"A LOT OF PEOPLE
AREN'T WILLING TO
TOUGHEN UP AND TAKE
THE TOUGH STEPS
THAT ARE NECESSARY
TO REALLY REMOVE
AND ERRADICATE
RACISM OR RACIST
REMARKS WHEN THEY
OCCUR. BECAUSE IT
TAKES TOUGH
DECISIONS TO DO WHAT
IS RIGHT."
IS RIGHT."
THE
THE TYPE
THE TYPE OF CONDUCT WE SAW ON THE VIDEO IS IN CLEAR VIOLATION
OF U-S-A HOCKEY
RULES...
WE'VE TRIED
REPEATEDLY TO SPEAK
WITH THE COACH OF
THE CHEEKTOWAGA
TEAM... AND OFFICIALS
AT THE LOCAL AND
STATE LEVEL... BUT
NOBODY HAS
ANSWERED OUR
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WHILE
WHILE THE
WHILE THE WINDS ARE DYING DOWN A BIT IN WESTERN NEW YORK...