{"id":63702,"date":"2023-02-09T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T12:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/scottsdale-shop-owner-mocks-native-americans-during-espn-sb-promo-shoot\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T12:11:19","slug":"scottsdale-shop-owner-mocks-native-americans-during-espn-sb-promo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/scottsdale-shop-owner-mocks-native-americans-during-espn-sb-promo-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale Shop Owner Mocks Native Americans During ESPN SB Promo Shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-4df0275a97bd8dae85d5584e631b06be\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-fd40e99f-37b0-4847-bb4c-938abdca4194-867775978-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-fd40e99f-37b0-4847-bb4c-938abdca4194-867775978-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/62\/16by9\/2023\/02\/08\/6214a7e9441c4f2fbb064685fabf8066_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Cody Blackbird<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4df0275a97bd8dae85d5584e631b06be--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dea429beb7902fee5caf1fe992221409\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>An area Arizona store proprietor interrupted an ESPN shoot this week to mock Native American performers &#8212; whereas yelling, &#8220;MAGA nation&#8221; &#8212; and the entire racist tirade is on video.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dea429beb7902fee5caf1fe992221409--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7c4fde7c4651506a93be51f414181c0c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Cody Blackbird<\/strong> &#8212; who&#8217;s of Cherokee\/Dakota descent, and was one of many Native American performers employed by ESPN for the Super Bowl promo &#8212; tells TMZ a dude named <strong>Gilbert Ortega<\/strong> began taunting the dancers from the entrance of his jewellery store Tuesday in downtown Scottsdale.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7c4fde7c4651506a93be51f414181c0c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3f5c8afe6a74890904e10192d9e392d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230208_7924cf44a3e24424ad78bef723bf4fb0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a7ec9349-9181-4762-9b47-5a5f42114320\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/79\/4by3\/2023\/02\/08\/7924cf44a3e24424ad78bef723bf4fb0_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"native american special\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3f5c8afe6a74890904e10192d9e392d8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-501d01106dc311269380e180c5dd369d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We&#8217;re advised Ortega was mimicking their actions and chants &#8212; in a demeaning method &#8212; and that prompted some within the group to return over and confront him whereas filming.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-501d01106dc311269380e180c5dd369d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-41dffe63bb475a8953b78aef115f468e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>TMZ obtained some footage of the confrontation, and it exhibits Ortega was on the market to impress and posture &#8230; calling the Native Americans &#8220;f**king Indians,&#8221; invoking MAGA and telling them to return to Gallup, NM, which is house to a well known reservation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-41dffe63bb475a8953b78aef115f468e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20f5cb0d8ca0580e8c362c4b5959ce9f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230208_71f62e74321d4030b32a4b096a8fd2ac\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a7ec9349-9181-4762-9b47-5a5f42114320\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/71\/4by3\/2023\/02\/08\/71f62e74321d4030b32a4b096a8fd2ac_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-20f5cb0d8ca0580e8c362c4b5959ce9f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-021c0b6326a500121bd7fb10a70ad261\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ortega even got here out for a tense face-to-face with the group at one level &#8230; on a dare to say what he was saying to their faces. So, yeah &#8230; he was searching for bother and making an attempt to get beneath the performers&#8217; pores and skin. Unfortunately, he succeeded.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-021c0b6326a500121bd7fb10a70ad261--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1ab08528b8f7dcd0ff430b37bebf31e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Luckily, there was no violence &#8230; Ortega was whisked away by a pal, and the entire thing fizzled out after he went again into his institution &#8212; a enterprise, BTW, that sarcastically sells Native American objects.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1ab08528b8f7dcd0ff430b37bebf31e7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3cee87a92bd3c9bd60ba8fe624c983f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230208_7e3bfab900e347e490b538e978041912\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a7ec9349-9181-4762-9b47-5a5f42114320\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7e\/4by3\/2023\/02\/08\/7e3bfab900e347e490b538e978041912_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"gilbert ortega native american galleries\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3cee87a92bd3c9bd60ba8fe624c983f3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ef29d9d16bdd694844f88feb5702bd6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Some members of the Native American group had been upset sufficient to contact cops to complain. The Scottsdale Police Dept. tells us they&#8217;re investigating the incident as &#8220;potential disorderly conduct&#8221; &#8230; and, as of now, they do not see something that rises to the extent of a hate crime. That&#8217;s topic to vary based mostly on the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ef29d9d16bdd694844f88feb5702bd6--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material Cody Blackbird An area Arizona store proprietor interrupted an ESPN shoot this week to mock Native American performers &#8212; whereas yelling, &#8220;MAGA nation&#8221; &#8212; and the entire racist tirade is on video. 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