In deleting the "YOU’RE NEXT" tweet that kicked off the controversy, James said anger doesn’t do anyone, including himself, any good. They’re using their position to push their opinions, and that’s just not right,” Mr Linnerman said. The owner of Linnie’s Pub, Jay Linneman, wrote on Facebook that basketballers need to "just play the game and that’s it". Other TikTok videos began to riff on the same theme but with less virality, with user asking "Chief Lebron" for advice on a "naked dude running down 5th Avenue", which was seen almost 118,000 times.Īww Damn! I was headed there to watch our game tonight and have a drink! Welp. Good luck."Īt 3.1 million views, it’s been seen by 270,000 more people than watched the 2.83 million average viewership for the NBA’s 2020-2021 season, according to Showbuzz. Mr Silvester makes a quick quip that Michael Jordan’s the greatest of all time before ending the mock conversation and leaning toward his car window to say: "Sorry guys, you’re on your own. So you don’t care if a Black person kills another Black person, but you do care if a white cop kills a Black person, even if he’s doing it to save the life of another Black person?"Īfter a slight pause, he adds: "I mean, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but then again you are really good at basketball so I guess I’ll take your word for it." "One guy’s trying to stab another guy with a knife, deadly force is completely justified. "Why does that matter? OK, well they’re both Black," Mr Silvester responds. The video by TikTok user Nate Silvester, identified by Newsweek as an officer with the Marshal’s Office in Bellevue, Idaho, shows him mockingly seek advice from James over dispatch on what to do at a stabbing in progress.
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