No, these weren't rednecks, the article says these are probably Erdogan supporters that pulled this. There was some sort of other incident in the past too.
Turkish NBA star ‘shocked’ by harassment outside mosque
Enes Kanter said two Turkish men harassed and threatened him outside his mosque in Massachusetts. (File photo: AP)
By Emily Judd, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 6 October 2019
Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter said on Sunday in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya English that he was shocked when two Turkish men harassed and threatened him outside his mosque in Massachusetts on Friday.
Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, taped the incident and shared the video on social media. The video shows two men, described as supporters of Erdogan, waiting outside of the Islamic Society of Boston in Cambridge as Kanter left the building.
Kanter said the two Turkish men cursed at him, threatened him and called him a “traitor.â€
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