LeBron James Lashes Out At Police, People Using His Tweet To Create More Racism #Political
Embattled LeBron James today lashed out at people he accused of using his anti-cop incitement tweet to create more hate. On Tuesday, he posted a tweet with a photo of a Columbus, Ohio policeman who shot and killed an African American teenager and called for another guilty verdict, like Derek Chauvin received from a Minnesota jury.
Here’s the sequence of the week’s events putting James’ inappropriate behavior in the national spotlight. On Tuesday, Chauvin was convicted on three counts of killing George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. James responded with a tweet stating “ACCOUNTABILITY.” Also on Tuesday, around the time the Floyd verdict was announced, Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon shot and killed Ma'Khia Bryant as she was attempting to stab another young woman. James tweeted “YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY" along with an hourglass emoji and photo of Reardon.
Body cam video showed Bryant, 16, swinging a knife wildly at another woman. The officer fired four shots, and Bryant was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
James was accused of potentially inciting violence to his Twitter following of 49.6 million people.
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (Republican-Ark.) said, "Lebron James is inciting violence against an Ohio police officer. This disgraceful and dangerous. Is the NBA okay with this? Is Twitter?"
On "Fox News Primetime," Senator Ted Cruz (Republican-Texas) called James’ tweet a "grossly irresponsible message for LeBron James to send out. In this instance, 'you're next' could certainly be interpreted by some, even, as a call for violence," Cruz said.
Today James admitted he let anger get the best of him before looking at the facts of the Ohio incident.
"ANGER (doesn't do) any of us any good and that includes myself! Gathering all the facts and educating does though! My anger still is here for what happened that lil girl. My sympathy for her family and may justice prevail!” James wrote.
Then the Lakers basketball star and social justice warrior renewed his attack on police, whom he accused last year of hunting down African Americans. He claimed the attacks on his tweet actually create more racism.:
"I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate -This isn’t about one officer. it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY."
He could have easily said he was so damn tired of black people being saved by police. Ma'Khia Bryant was a split second away from stabbing another black girl when Reardon fired.
But that's not a route James would ever take. Incendiary, unfounded race hysterics are becoming the norm for James. Last August, he said in a post-game interview following the Jacob Blake shootings, "For Black people right now, we think you’re hunting us.” He tweeted, "We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes!"
Outkick’s Clay Travis said Tuesday night on Fox News that James is an “idiot” who needs to apologize to every cop in America for his remarks.
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