Once again, we must ask: can people just be normal about Caitlin Clark? Ever since her college career, she’s elicited levels of fandom (as well as online hate) that one would find in the most toxic of stan subreddits, and two years into her WNBA career, it’s getting a little out of control.
Take, for example, what happened when the Clark’s Indiana Fever made the trek to Boston’s TD Bank Garden to take on the Connecticut Sun. During the sold-out game, a man got ejected after allegedly making an out-of-pocket comment to Suns guard Saniya Rivers. And, of course, he was wearing a Caitlin Clark shirt when he mouthed off during the second quarter.
And the kicker? The dude was a cop.
Fan of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark ejected from game was an off-duty cop
Indiana Fever beat reporter Chloe Peterson captured the interaction earlier this month and posted about it on X. She claimed that during the matchup, Rivers “went to the sideline to inbound the ball after a timeout, then stepped away and had a passionate conversation with the refs.”
In Chloe’s video, we see a man wearing a Caitlin Clark shirt get escorted from his courtside seat, as other fans wave him goodbye. There is a moment when the man hesitates before security points him to the exit.
Saniya Rivers went to the sideline to inbound the ball after a timeout, then stepped away and had a passionate conversation with the refs.
— Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) July 16, 2025
It resulted with a fan sitting courtside getting ejected, and fans waved goodbye to him as he walked up the stairs. pic.twitter.com/uy9GIb0OtE
And who was that man? Officer William Reilly of the Bridgeport Police. Following the incident, Bridgeport Police Chief Roderick Porter confirmed Reilly’s identity and that the offending officer wouldn’t face any discipline for his remarks.
Chief Porter noted that Reilly was “off-duty and there aren’t any formal complains of misconduct.”
Michael Salemme III, the president of the Bridgeport police union, also dismissed any notion of Reilly facing any repercussions. “It’s nothing more than a fan who was excited for the game and who supports the WNBA,” said Salemme, per the CTPost.
“He spent a lot of money on courtside seats and should not have been ejected,” added the BPU president. “I support my member having innocent fun off-duty.”
The Fever went on to win the game, beating Connecticut 85-77. Afterwards, Rivers spoke to the press about it. While she wouldn’t go into what Reilly allegedly said, Rivers noted that she would not tolerate “any kind of disrespect” from anyone.
“So if it’s a form of a threat, whatever it is, you’re out of there,” she noted, per MassLive. “I just knew that I could use my power in that moment because I’m not taking any disrespect.
“It just sucks because he wasted all that money on a courtside seat just to say one thing — it didn’t even bother me because I still produced,” she concluded, “so it is what it is.”