Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has called out ICE raids in his hometown of Chicago.

According to The Athletic, Rivers spoke on the issue before the Bucks' third preseason game, Sunday night, and denounced the mass arrests and tactics deployed by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago.

“It bothers me,” Rivers said. “I’m trying, I’m trying; I mean, it’s just awful what you watch and see, people getting zip tied. I mean, that’s not this country. That’s not what we’re about.”

“I think the mayor’s done an amazing job with everything he says,” Rivers continued. “You know, I think this is starting to separate us all, which I hate. This is not; you can be pro-civil rights or what’s right and not be, like, anti-White. And I think that’s what it’s starting to become in some ways. And it shouldn’t be. It really shouldn’t be. I would hope that if these were Ukrainian immigrants being detained, that everyone of both races would fight for it. That’s wrong. It’s just wrong.”

Before his coaching career, Rivers grew up in Maywood, a suburb west of Chicago.  A high school basketball star, he was named to the McDonald’s All-American team while attending Proviso East High. He went on to star at Marquette University in Milwaukee, where his jersey is retired in the rafters at Fiserv Forum, where the Bucks play their home games. Rivers played 13 years in the NBA, He also noted that his late father Grady was on the police force in Maywood for 30 years.

“I think every American is good with, if there’s criminals on the street, we want to arrest the criminals,” Rivers said. “My dad was a cop for Christ’s sake. My dad would not be proud of this. I know that. My dad would have a major problem; I couldn’t imagine my dad going to work right now and having to protect ICE agents and doing what they’re doing. I couldn’t imagine him wanting to go to work. I think he’d call in sick. And it’s just so — did you walk around the city today? This is an amazing city.”

Rivers also shared a story about meeting a married couple on Sunday in the elevator of the hotel the Bucks stayed at, who were in the town to support their daughter who was running  in the Chicago Marathon.

“The couple was so proud, and they were saying, ‘man, this is the best marathon, the city is amazing, I’ve never been to this city, wow,’” Rivers recalled. “And the dad says, ‘but we were so scared, we thought there was civil unrest everywhere.’ And he was like, ‘Where is it?’ It’s nowhere. It’s just sad. We hate it. We hate it. I’m from Chicago. I’m very prideful about this place, so I hate it.”