Inside James Dolan and Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine: Dolan’s security team obsessively tracked a trans woman over a two-year period monitoring her movements down to the second.
The fact that a powerful organization devoted years to tracking a trans woman down to the fucking second is sickening. Trans people are human beings, not threats to be monitored, catalogued, and harassed. **Nobody** should need extraordinary courage *just to fucking exist* while powerful people weaponise surveillance against them. This deserves outrage, accountability, and consequences. Why is the media so fucking quiet about these things?
Longtime Knicks fan here. I believe every bit of this report, and there are even more allegations of Dolan using surveillance to ban his enemies from his venues.
-[Several Knicks fans have been banned from MSG for being critical of how Dolan ran the team](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45949758/new-york-knicks-msg-banned-list-james-dolan). This extends to social media posts, wherein MSG security would go onto the fan’s social media profiles to get their photos. Then, if those fans tried to enter the arena, security would stop and remove them.
-Dolan has banned entire law firms from his venues if they are representing someone who sues him. This includes lawyers who aren’t even involved in the specific case, just banning them off association. There was a mother who tried to take her daughters to a show at Radio City, a venue owned by Dolan. [When she tried to go in, she was stopped by security and told she was banned from the venue.](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/?amp=1) When asking why, she was told that since she works for a firm that had sued Dolan, she was not allowed to enter any of his venues. As a result, she had to wait outside during the show.
As for Dolan himself, he’s a 70-year-old nepo baby who was handed a world famous arena along with two billion-dollar franchises by his rich father. He’s a MAGAt, [was one of Harvey Weinstein’s best friends, and has had assault allegations levied against him.](https://deadline.com/2024/01/harvey-weinstein-james-dolan-rape-lawsuit-1235794234/) And yes, it was his bright idea to invite Trump to the NBA Finals this year when not a soul wanted him there. He’s just a completely gross human being.
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Somebody needs a hobby or let me guess this guy has loved ones who are likely starved for some affection or just minimally decent interactions with him, while he’s obsessively preoccupied with a person different from him existing.
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Literally me irl. Reading just the headline made me feel ill.
Absolutely fucking vile
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We got all those celebrity pictures for that knicks game yesterday and this is the first time I’m hearing about this when the reports seem to be from April. Us as humans need to learn what to make viral
Fuck James/Jim whatever the fuck Dolan, what a massive piece of shit. Wasting resources to bully target someone who’s just existing. Fuck him and whatever terf or hate groups connections hes hiding
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Anyone with any legal knowledge: How is this not blatant harassment and discrimination?? It’s crazy that’s he’s even allowed to enforce this at all.
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Taylor and Travis won’t need to hire a photographer
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Was he trying to silence her because he had an affair? Or is he really just that weird and creepy? Both?
Some details from the article
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The fact that a powerful organization devoted years to tracking a trans woman down to the fucking second is sickening. Trans people are human beings, not threats to be monitored, catalogued, and harassed. **Nobody** should need extraordinary courage *just to fucking exist* while powerful people weaponise surveillance against them. This deserves outrage, accountability, and consequences. Why is the media so fucking quiet about these things?
Whole new level of chaser
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Beyond heinous loser behavior.
Terrifying and fundamentally un-American.
Genuinely what the fuck
Jfc can people not just let others live their lives in peace??? So creepy and gross, she’s completely innocent
New York fans need to all show up in drag just to fuck with these weirdos.
This is horrifying
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wtf did I just read??
Longtime Knicks fan here. I believe every bit of this report, and there are even more allegations of Dolan using surveillance to ban his enemies from his venues.
-[Several Knicks fans have been banned from MSG for being critical of how Dolan ran the team](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45949758/new-york-knicks-msg-banned-list-james-dolan). This extends to social media posts, wherein MSG security would go onto the fan’s social media profiles to get their photos. Then, if those fans tried to enter the arena, security would stop and remove them.
-Dolan has banned entire law firms from his venues if they are representing someone who sues him. This includes lawyers who aren’t even involved in the specific case, just banning them off association. There was a mother who tried to take her daughters to a show at Radio City, a venue owned by Dolan. [When she tried to go in, she was stopped by security and told she was banned from the venue.](https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/?amp=1) When asking why, she was told that since she works for a firm that had sued Dolan, she was not allowed to enter any of his venues. As a result, she had to wait outside during the show.
As for Dolan himself, he’s a 70-year-old nepo baby who was handed a world famous arena along with two billion-dollar franchises by his rich father. He’s a MAGAt, [was one of Harvey Weinstein’s best friends, and has had assault allegations levied against him.](https://deadline.com/2024/01/harvey-weinstein-james-dolan-rape-lawsuit-1235794234/) And yes, it was his bright idea to invite Trump to the NBA Finals this year when not a soul wanted him there. He’s just a completely gross human being.
Somebody needs a hobby or let me guess this guy has loved ones who are likely starved for some affection or just minimally decent interactions with him, while he’s obsessively preoccupied with a person different from him existing.
Literally me irl. Reading just the headline made me feel ill.
Absolutely fucking vile
We got all those celebrity pictures for that knicks game yesterday and this is the first time I’m hearing about this when the reports seem to be from April. Us as humans need to learn what to make viral
Fuck James Dolan
https://preview.redd.it/7e2rnpf5by6h1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30e58340c78432dd4662def055213b74ffcbf703
Fuck James/Jim whatever the fuck Dolan, what a massive piece of shit. Wasting resources to bully target someone who’s just existing. Fuck him and whatever terf or hate groups connections hes hiding
Anyone with any legal knowledge: How is this not blatant harassment and discrimination?? It’s crazy that’s he’s even allowed to enforce this at all.
Taylor and Travis won’t need to hire a photographer