Marquis Daniels' Stepfather Tasered: Celtic's Relative Arrested At Game

ORLANDO, Fla. — The stepfather of Boston Celtics guard Marquis Daniels was arrested and subdued with a stun gun during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic.

The Orlando police report shows 55-year-old Willie L. Buie was charged with resisting arrest with violence during Tuesday night's game. Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss confirmed it was Daniels' stepfather.

Officers responded to a disturbance in a lower-level section during the second half. Police say they tried to escort Buie from his seat, but he refused, using expletives at officers and swinging his arms free.

He eventually was escorted out near a security office but kept his hands under his body to avoid handcuffs. That's when police say an officer used a stun gun on Buie's back for about 5 seconds.

The report did not say exactly what prompted officers to remove Buie from his seat. A message seeking comment at the number listed for Buie on the police report was not immediately returned.

Daniels, 29, grew up in the Orlando area. He later went to Auburn and is in his seventh NBA season. Daniels has been used sparingly off the bench against the Magic.

Boston won 95-92 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 series lead.

The incident is the latest in recent weeks involving police using a stun gun when arresting a fan during a sporting event.

A Philadelphia police officer used a stun gun on a teenager dashing through the outfield during a Phillies game earlier this month. A few days later, a man attending the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., was subdued with a stun gun after he resisted arrest for disorderly intoxication.

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AP Sports Writer Howard Ulman in Boston contributed to this report.

Comments

[djnc]

02:50 PM on 05/20/2010

i'd like to point out that Marquis Daniels has a huge jewel-encrusted pendant of his own head

[westreal]

02:35 PM on 05/20/2010

The cops were trying to elicit a shock and 'awe' reaction from the crowd.

[cowboyx]

01:33 PM on 05/20/2010

He wasn't posing a risk to any one. He was lying on his hands. Since when it that cause for less-than-lethal weapons use?

[mostlyharmless]

01:23 PM on 05/20/2010

unless this man was brandishing a weapon, there is no excuse for tasering him

guys have been getting drunk and belligerent at sporting events since long before tasers were invented and there's no way that the cops weren't capable of cuffing him without resorting to such a dangerous weapon

if law enforcement cannot use tasers responsibly . . . i think they've proven that they cannot . . . then they need to be taken away from them

[peowlemeow]

11:43 AM on 05/20/2010

He looks like you might want to taser him before you tried to cuff him.I hope this wasn't a pre-emptive thing where they antagonized him a bit to see if the situation would elevate to confrontation.I've had security and police do that to me.They piss you off enough to resist so whatever the original dispute was gets forgotten.
Fans get drunk .It's why they sell or don't sell at sporting events.Personally sports is so boring to me I'd turn my back to it and stay at the bar.

[Zillacabra]

11:18 AM on 05/20/2010

Warhol's "15 minutes of fame" quote is now obsolete. In the future, everyone will get tased, bro!

[Flokk]

11:07 AM on 05/20/2010

Cops sure do have an ongoing love affair with tasers. I wonder if they use em on each other ever. Like, yknow, for fun.

[MISTERUNCONVENTIONAL]

10:30 AM on 05/20/2010

He could be rich if he could do a good Redd Foxx impression.

[diak0n0s]

10:37 AM on 05/20/2010

Yes, but with a step son in the NBA, he's probably got all the money he needs.

[sittingbull]

10:54 AM on 05/20/2010

That is why most NBA players are broke as a joke 5 years out of the league.

[CptKendrick]

10:25 AM on 05/20/2010

Finally! Something involving fans at a sports event that's NOT in Philadelphia!

Thank you, Jesus!

[Rahan]

10:18 AM on 05/20/2010

The only way we can beat the Celtics

[lastep]

10:13 AM on 05/20/2010

taser have killed hundreds of people.

[diak0n0s]

10:07 AM on 05/20/2010

Finally . . . . . a feel good story in the midst of all the bad news.

Thank you whoever gave us this article.

[MISTERUNCONVENTIONAL]

10:30 AM on 05/20/2010

Cosign. Thank you and God bless.

[GeoNorth]

10:07 AM on 05/20/2010

Yeah, the old man was a problem, but so are tasers. What the hell did we do before tasers? It's just the thing to help cops keep at their donuts. (Okay, not original but you get my point.)

[boscobear]

09:45 AM on 05/20/2010

With parents like this, it's no wonder players have maturity problems.

[ohnoyoudidnot!]

09:43 AM on 05/20/2010

So, now the police can stun us 1st and ask questions later? Life is so 1984ish in the U.S. these days...or is it just me?

[laaambchop]

07:57 AM on 05/21/2010

Yep. You have to obey an officer. If you fail to comply, they have the authority to force the issue.