Former NBA star and human-rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom has filed a federal lawsuit after he was ejected from a Chicago Sky game for daring to wear a shirt stating a basic biological fact.

The 15-page complaint was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Freedom named Chicago Women’s Basketball Operations, LLC, the company operating the Chicago Sky, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, and the City of Chicago as defendants.

The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and damages and demands a jury trial.

Freedom announced the legal action on X:

“Just filed a federal complaint.

“I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the @chicagosky game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights.

“My T-shirt did what the whole @WNBA apparently couldn’t: define a woman.

“No threats. No violence. Just biology. And somehow, that required a security escort.

“You don’t have to agree with my speech, but you don’t get to silence me for it.

“I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced. I will continue to stand for women and defend free speech.”

SEE YOU IN COURT!!!

Just filed a federal complaint.

I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the @chicagosky game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights.

My T-shirt did what the whole @WNBA apparently couldn’t: define a woman.

No threats. No violence.… pic.twitter.com/LqQO6x4z0X

— Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) September 3, 2026

The complaint alleges that Freedom was punished because of his constitutionally protected viewpoint and seeks to hold the defendants accountable for his removal and subsequent ban from Chicago Sky games.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Freedom was escorted out of Wintrust Arena during the August 23 game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever.

Freedom was seated courtside wearing a black shirt that read:

“WOMAN — noun. adult human female.”

During the third quarter, Sky guard Natasha Cloud walked toward Freedom’s seat while pointing and shouting in his direction. Freedom stood, extended his arms, and stepped toward the court as security personnel, officials, and Chicago players moved between them.

An official then ordered Freedom removed from his courtside seat.

Freedom said he never threatened anyone and was merely responding after Cloud confronted him.

As security escorted him from the arena, Freedom turned around and displayed the message on his shirt while hostile spectators booed and made obscene gestures.

Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter later banned Freedom from future Sky home games, claiming the former NBA center had demonstrated the “potential to be a threat.”

Alter also defended the decision not to give Freedom a warning, using the bizarre analogy that someone who shoots a gun at another person would not receive a warning first.

Freedom blasted the comparison as “unacceptable” and vowed that his legal team would take action.

The First Amendment question is especially significant because Wintrust Arena is owned by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, a municipal corporation created by the Illinois General Assembly. Its board members are appointed by the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor.

Before the lawsuit was filed, the authority claimed that the Chicago Sky, not MPEA employees, made the decisions to remove Freedom and ban him from future Sky events. MPEA also said it “honor[s] and respect[s] the First Amendment.”

Now a federal jury could be asked to determine whether the private basketball organization and government-connected defendants crossed the constitutional line by ejecting and banning a paying customer because of his political viewpoint.

As The Gateway Pundit also reported, Freedom previously sent a formal letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert demanding an investigation, identification of the person who ordered his removal, preservation of all videos and communications, accountability for Cloud, and a complete refund for his courtside tickets.

Freedom noted that the WNBA’s fan code allegedly calls for spectators to receive a warning before they are removed. He said he received no warning.

Meanwhile, Cloud, who walked toward a paying spectator while shouting and using profanity, faced no publicly announced discipline.

Freedom accused the league of selectively enforcing its rules against spectators who challenge radical gender ideology.

The latest incident follows several other controversies involving fans supporting women’s sports.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, teenage girls supporting female athletics were allegedly harassed outside a Seattle Storm game. At an Atlanta Dream game, a mother and her teenage daughter were ordered to conceal shirts supporting biological women or leave. The WNBA later admitted that the Atlanta incident “should not have happened.”

Now the league’s culture-war double standard may finally face scrutiny inside a federal courtroom.

Freedom’s message could not have been clearer: disagreement does not give government-connected institutions the right to silence Americans.

His shirt contained no threat, profanity, or call for violence.

It simply defined a woman.

And in today’s increasingly unhinged WNBA, apparently that was enough to bring in security.

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A Richardson Independent School District parent says her son’s school-issued laptop blocked him from searching for the sitting President of the United States, while searches for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein went through without a hitch.

The district has so far refused to explain why.

According to an exclusive report from The Dallas Express, an anonymous Richardson ISD parent provided video of her son attempting to research President Donald Trump for a school assignment. When he searched “Trump,” the device displayed a blunt message: “WEBSITE BLOCKED BY RICHARDSON ISD.”

The same block did not appear for Biden, Harris, or Epstein.

“My child was researching our current president for a school assignment and discovered that the district’s web content filter had blocked ‘Trump’ from search results,” the parent told The Dallas Express.

“This means students can’t access legitimate educational and news content, including current-events research, government and civics coursework, and basic search results about the sitting U.S. President. This is very concerning, as it amounts to censorship of information about a current public official.”

She then had her son test other names.

“To see if this was a broader issue, I asked him to test ‘Biden’ and ‘Harris,’ and neither of those was blocked. I also asked him to search for Eppstein, which was also available. That suggests this isn’t a general filter for politically sensitive content; it appears to be a keyword-specific block aimed only at ‘Trump.’”

The parent is now demanding answers: which board policy, administrative regulation, or vendor setting authorized a targeted block on the sitting President? Which department or contractor is responsible?

Richardson ISD serves more than 36,000 students across 51 campuses under Superintendent Tabitha Branum. Its filtering system inspects both encrypted and unencrypted traffic using category rules, application controls, and search-engine safe-search settings.

Officials have not said whether the Trump block was a glitch, a leftover category rule, or an intentional keyword restriction.

BREAKINGRichardson, Texas, students’ laptop BLOCKED searches for President Trump but allowed searches for Joe Biden and Jeffrey Epstein.

Why is the district CENSORING Trump searches? Is this how your tax dollars are spent?

Follow:@Carlos__Turcios@DallasExpress pic.twitter.com/V2KNf62OKG

— Carlos Turcios (@Carlos__Turcios) September 2, 2026

This is not an isolated pattern. The Gateway Pundit has repeatedly documented how public-school systems and Big Tech treat information about President Trump differently from information about Democrats.

In 2024, Google’s autocomplete buried searches related to the assassination attempt on Trump while serving up results for decades-old attempts on other presidents.

Dallas ISD previously investigated a teacher who was filmed in class acting out the assassination of President Trump with a water pistol.

Schools that lecture students about “misinformation” somehow have no problem letting kids look up Jeffrey Epstein while locking the name of the current Commander-in-Chief.

Parents in Richardson now have video of a district device telling a child he cannot research the President of the United States for a school assignment. Biden is fine. Harris is fine. Epstein is fine. Trump is blocked.

That is not a “content filter.” That is viewpoint discrimination dressed up as child safety.

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Recent research has revealed a concerning frequency of brain disease among former NFL players, which has, for one military advocate, heightened concerns about brain injuries in service members and veterans.

Last week, the New York Times reported the findings of a major study published by The BMJ. At least 24.5 percent of 338 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) pathology at death.

CTE is a degenerative brain condition often linked to repeated head injuries, including concussions and frequent sub-concussive impacts. Because CTE can only be definitively diagnosed through post-mortem examination of brain tissue, researchers face limitations in assessing its prevalence among living individuals.

However, the study’s findings offer updated estimates on the occurrence of this degenerative brain condition within the NFL, highlighting that it is significantly more prevalent than in the general population.

While CTE is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head traumas, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an acute physical injury to the brain. One or more TBIs can lead to CTE.

This distinction is particularly relevant in military contexts, according to Dr. (Ph.D.) Robert Beckman, co-founder and executive director of TreatNOW.org. The organization has effectively utilized Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in over 33,000 cases for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), TBIs, and concussions.

Service members are frequently exposed to explosive blasts and other high-impact incidents, leading to a concerning incidence of TBIs among veterans “needs to be in the headlines,” Beckman told The Gateway Pundit, adding that “163,000 veteran suicides since 9/11 is an epidemic, and is directly linked to brain wounds.”

Unlike CTE, which develops over time, he said, TBIs can have immediate and severe consequences, underscoring the critical need for awareness and intervention in both sports and military environments.

The records of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) indicate that 556,502 veterans have either been diagnosed with or screened positive for a TBI from 2001 through 2025. “However,” Beckman noted, “this figure probably underrepresents the actual number, as it only accounts for veterans who sought care through the VA and does not include cases misdiagnosed as PTSD or those that were never diagnosed, estimating the number at 877,450.”

Beckman emphasized the complexity of mental health issues among veterans, highlighting that many with TBI also exhibit symptoms of PTSD, often leading to confusion in diagnosis.

As of August 2026, he pointed out that the VA has invested over $23 million in a 20-trial psychedelics portfolio, along with an additional $50 million in federal funding dedicated to ibogaine research. The DoD has allocated tens of millions more for related projects.

“Beginning in December 2024, the VA ramped up its research efforts into psychedelics, hallucinogens, and plant-based medicines, including MDMA, psilocybin, ibogaine, cannabis, and even GLP-1s,” Beckman shared. “Since 2021, total federal funding specifically earmarked for psychedelics by the U.S. government amounts to between $95 million and $100 million.”

For Beckman, while he desires that service members and veterans receive suitable care, it raises the question: “Is merely altering consciousness an appropriate form of treatment?” He argued, “Degeneration persists, because no scientific research has shown that psychedelics repair the damage to the brain.”

Beckman asserted that HBOT, his area of specialization, has proven to be both safe and effective for healing brain wounds. “Over 12,500 veterans have greatly improved their lives through brain injury recovery using HBOT,” Beckman shared. What’s more, he said, “For the last twenty years, more than 180 TreatNOW Coalition clinics have been effectively treating veterans with protocols that have been shown to be both safe and effective in 28 peer-reviewed clinical studies.”

“HBOT is available right now,” Beckman stressed, questioning why so little effort is being directed towards utilizing a verified treatment.

The urgent need for effective treatment options for veterans suffering from TBIs and associated mental health issues cannot be overstated. As Dr. Beckman highlighted, while innovative approaches like psychedelics are gaining attention, the proven efficacy of therapies such as HBOT should not be overlooked.

“The health and well-being of those who have served our nation depend on a commitment to evidence-based solutions that genuinely address their needs,” Beckman concluded.

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BREAKING UPDATE: The Clancy jury was sent home on Thursday afternoon without a verdict.

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy jury sent the judge a fourth note on Thursday afternoon on day six of deliberations.

Clancy’s defense team requested to remove one juror for not following the rules on reasonable doubt but Judge William Sullivan denied the motion.

One juror is reportedly holding the line as the other 11 wan

If the jury cannot come to a unanimous decision, the judge will declare a mistrial.

BREAKING: The jury in the Lindsey Clancy trial has just sent its fourth note to the judge after roughly 36 hours of deliberations, and the big question now is whether there’s finally a verdict.

Fox News’ @BryanLlenas reports the press and public are waiting to enter the… pic.twitter.com/WZPl2Ws7Wn

— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 3, 2026

Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children to death in January 2023.

The young children, Cora (5), Callan (8 months), and Dawson (3), were found dead in the Clancy, Massachusetts, home’s basement.

The jury comprises 9 women and 3 men.

Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children, however, her defense team is arguing she should not be found guilty by reason of insanity.

The defense teams argued that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and heard voices commanding her to kill her children.

Prosecutors argued that Lindsay Clancy acted with deliberate premeditation and even sent her husband out on an errand while she murdered their kids.

The jury is considering five verdicts:

– Guilty of First-Degree Murder
– Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
– Guilty of Manslaughter
– Not Guilty
– Not Guilty due to Lack of Criminal Responsibility

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the jury told the judge they were deadlocked and could not come to a unanimous decision.

The judge issued the jury new instructions as they struggled to come to a decision on Wednesday.

On Thursday, jurors were individually brought in and sworn in as they asked questions.

BREAKING UPDATE: Lindsay Clancy has just been wheeled up to the judge with her lawyer, and jurors are being INDIVIDUALLY brought in, sworn in, asked a question, then sent back out

MULTIPLE jurors have gone through this now.

The suspense is growing. This note was announced… pic.twitter.com/qgHxbEBtCW

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 3, 2026

The judge on Thursday gave the jury information on reasonable doubt and ordered them to resume deliberations.

Judge Sullivan admonished the jurors for refusing to listen to his instructions on reasonable doubt.

“First off, I want to remind you that you are required to follow my instructions on the law as I gave them to you,” the judge said to the jurors.

WATCH:

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