{"id":1007878,"date":"2021-11-13T14:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007878"},"modified":"2021-11-13T14:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:58:37","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-suni-lee-says-she-was-pepper-sprayed-in-racist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-suni-lee-says-she-was-pepper-sprayed-in-racist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold Medalist Suni Lee Says She Was Pepper-Sprayed in Racist Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-gold-medalist-suni-lee-says-she-was-pepper-sprayed-in-racist-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1007878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Suni Lee, an American gymnast, and Olympic gold medalist, claims she was pepper-sprayed while standing on a street corner with friends in Los Angeles last month.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/fitness\/suni-lee-olympics-interview-48564671\">interview<\/a> with PopSugar, Lee, who is of Hmong descent, says she was waiting for an Uber with a group of friends who were also of Asian descent. Before the ride came, however, Lee claims a car full of people drove up and began shouting racial slurs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sunisa-lee-of-team-united-states-competes-during-the-womens-balance-picture-id1332099432\" alt=\"Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes during the Women&#039;s Balance Beam Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>TOKYO, JAPAN \u2013 AUGUST 03: Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes during the Women\u2019s Balance Beam Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lee claims one of the people in the car sprayed her arm with pepper spray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off,\u201d Lee told PopSugar. \u201cI didn\u2019t do anything to them, and having the reputation, it\u2019s so hard because I didn\u2019t want to do anything that could get me into trouble. I just let it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bronze-medallist-usas-sunisa-lee-poses-on-the-podium-of-the-artistic-picture-id1234376433\" alt=\"Bronze medallist USA&#039;s Sunisa Lee poses on the podium of the artistic gymnastics women&#039;s uneven bars final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Bronze medallist USA\u2019s Sunisa Lee poses on the podium of the artistic gymnastics women\u2019s uneven bars final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD \/ AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lee, 18, is from Minnesota and won gold in the individual all-around at the Olympics. She is also a contestant on <em>Dancing with the Stars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suni Lee, an American gymnast, and Olympic gold medalist, claims she was pepper-sprayed while standing on a street corner with friends in Los Angeles last month. 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