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By: Drafting
Photo: ETIENNE LAURENT / EFE
By: Drafting
An American senator accused the NBA star LeBron James from “inciting violence” against a police officer through a photo he shared on his networks, where he indicated with a text: “you are next.”
James posted a photo of the police officer of shot and killed a teenage girl of 16 years , identified as Ma’Khia Bryant, during an incident recorded Tuesday outside a home in Columbus, Ohio.
Lebron James is inciting violence against an Ohio police officer.
This is disgraceful and dangerous.
Is the NBA okay with this? Is Twitter?
– Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) April 21, 2021
Police body camera footage shows Bryant in a physical altercation with two other people. It was then that the officer drew his weapon and fired four shots that ended his life.
LeBrón felt that the officer used excessive force and believed that the fact could be controlled without shooting the adolescent.
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
– LeBron James (@KingJames) April 21, 2021
But LeBron’s post has sparked a backlash, with the nation’s largest police union condemning LeBron’s message. Lakers star as “embarrassing and extremely reckless.”
The purpose of the publication was to demand justice after the guilt of the former officer was known Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd .
After the controversy, the player deleted the publication and explained that the The message was not to incite hatred but to demand responsibility for the murder.