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Celtics' Pierce handcuffed during traffic stop in LV

The Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce, the most valuable player in the 2008 NBA Finals, was handcuffed by Las Vegas police early Sunday after he was initially uncooperative following a traffic stop for driving erratically on the Strip.

Bill Cassell, public information officer for the Metropolitan Police Department, said he did not have the details about why Pierce was cuffed but said it often happens when "an individual is loudly hostile."

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  • "You have to remember he's a big guy," Cassell said.

    Pierce, a forward who is 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds, "rapidly calmed down," and police removed the handcuffs after about 15 minutes, Cassell said.

    "We find this happens a lot of times," Cassell said. "Someone is a little agitated, and when they're placed in handcuffs, they rethink things."

    The traffic stop occurred around 3 a.m. near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, Cassell said.

    Officers gave Pierce field sobriety tests, which often take up to an hour, he said.

    A Breathalyzer showed Pierce registered below the 0.08 level that defines legal intoxication in Nevada.

    Pierce did not drive the car after he was stopped.

    "He made a decision to have one of the valets park his car for the night," Cassell said.

    Police did not cite Pierce for a traffic infraction.

    "We don't cite everybody we stop," Cassell said. "Sometimes we give just a verbal warning. It's based on the totality of the circumstances."

    Pierce, a frequent NBA all-star, led the Celtics to the NBA championship over the Los Angeles Lakers in June.



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    dana bourgeois wrote on August 15, 2008 06:43 AM: When this Obama guy gets in and all those frustrated black cops feel his power translates to them. Are we going to be so forbearing of the police when they're cuffing our Yale, UNLV, UCLA and Auburn kids, and "detaining" them for hourS because they failed to signal a lane change? I just wonder. When the cop is black and the college kid is younge, cute and white; we are really going to wonder what happened out there on that dark, barren stretch of I-30 or I-15.


    Dana Bourgeios wrote on August 15, 2008 06:35 AM: driving while black?
    Do the handcuff all white folks who are "loud"?
    Not cited? Did he violate the law?
    Passed the field sobriety? He said he had nothing to drink.
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    Playing the Race Card, and Racist Card wrote on August 04, 2008 11:27 PM: FastTracker is fast to play the race card. It's because he was black, right?

    Then we have Jack, below, on the opposite end of the spectrum, is quick to play the racist card, assuming that Mr. Pierce MUST be guilty (of something).

    FastTracker and Jack weren't there. And, by the way, after fifteen minutes of detainment in hand cuffs they let him go.

    Jack and FastTracker: are you guys getting enough sleep?


    Jack wrote on August 04, 2008 10:41 PM: Actually I was amused at Fast Trackers comments.
    After watching the behaviour of these animals they call the NBA during their week of terror in Las Vegas, I think it is highly likely that this butthead should have been thrown in jail along with all the other scum.
    I say if he was uncooperative throw cuffs on and haul the dirtbag to jail.
    ha ha he would probably meet a few of the runnin' robbers in there!


    Don't support the NBA wrote on August 04, 2008 08:15 PM: NBA players jumping into the stands to punch the fans, a referee convicted for accepting bribes, gangster-fans contributing to 400 arrests in a horrible all-star weekend here, and now this unpleasant incident? This is further evidence that we really should not pursue or allow an NBA team here in Las Vegas.


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