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Posted: 4/21/2021 10:08:52 PM EDT
https://www.lawofficer.com/lebron-james-targets-columbus-officer-with-tweet-saying-youre-next/


COLUMBUS, Ohio — NBA star LeBron James posted a photograph on social media on Wednesday of the police officer who reportedly shot and killed a 16-year-old girl in Columbus, Ohio, writing, “YOU’RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.”


Michael Woods, the interim police chief of Columbus, said at a press conference that video of the incident showed “the female with the knife,” who the police officer shot and killed, was “attempting to stab” another female in the video, Daily Wire reported.



So it appears the officer potentially saved the life of the victim, yet radical activists are railing against the use of force.

James tweeted out a photograph of the police officer, writing, “YOU’RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.” James included an emoji of an hour glass, which is used to signify that time is running out.

The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) responded to James’ tweet by writing: “. @KingJames , with his vast resources & influence, should educate himself and, frankly, has a responsibility to do so, on the facts before weighing in. This is disgraceful & extremely reckless. The officer saved a young girl’s life. No amount of gaslighting will change that fact.”


Columbus police moved rapidly on Tuesday to release body camera footage of the shooting to prevent rioting from breaking out as the trial involving former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had just concluded.

“Normally we don’t provide information this soon, but we understand the public’s need, desire, and expectation to have transparency upon what happened,” Woods said. “We’ve worked very hard tonight to provide you a short video of the officer, the first officer that arrived at scene and this is the officer that did ultimately fire his weapon.”


“We know, based on this footage, the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community, but a family is grieving tonight and this young 15-year-old girl will never be coming home,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said during the press briefing. “We think it’s critically important to share as much information as possible, as quickly as possible. So we’ll continue to share footage, other information in the hours and days ahead, making sure we’re not in any way shape or form compromising the independent investigation being done by BCI. We felt transparency and sharing this footage as incomplete as it may be at this time is critically important to make sure we were sharing good accurate information about what transpired today with the public and for this grieving family.”

James’ loathing social media post can be viewed as threatening. Thus far, we haven’t heard that he’s been banned from Twitter.


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Facts don't matter anymore.

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They haven't mattered for some time now.
Link Posted: 4/21/2021 11:12:33 PM EDT
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Heard in the roll call the other day -  "No cop ever went to prison for watching netflixs".



Link Posted: 4/21/2021 11:12:53 PM EDT
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#SOON
Link Posted: 4/21/2021 11:37:04 PM EDT
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LeDouche the LeRacist making comments again?

Link Posted: 4/21/2021 11:41:54 PM EDT
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I wonder if the uniform off duty cops are still out front of his house in Akron? Been guarding this pos for years.
Link Posted: 4/21/2021 11:54:32 PM EDT
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That kind of money buys cops, see Suge Knight.
Link Posted: 4/22/2021 12:19:02 AM EDT
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Turd world...not clown world. Fuck LeBron Douchebag James.
Link Posted: 4/22/2021 5:56:03 AM EDT
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Charge that fuckhead.
Link Posted: 4/22/2021 6:33:09 AM EDT
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Look at the bright side. He just made that cop rich after the lawsuit is settled.
Link Posted: 4/23/2021 11:11:56 AM EDT
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It’s pretty sad when OJ Simpson makes more sense than most of the rest of the black community.

https://www.lawofficer.com/oj-simpson-lebron-james/


O.J. Simpson slammed NBA star LeBron James on Thursday after King James targeted a Columbus police officer on Twitter following the shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant while she was attempting to stab others. James is facing major backlash after he tweeted on Wednesday an image of one of the officers at the scene of Bryant’s shooting with the caption: “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.”

James deleted the tweet shortly after posting it and explained that he sent it out  of “ANGER.”

Fox News reported on Simpson’s two-minute-long video to his Twitter where he began by saying that while he is a “fan” of the Los Angeles Lakers star and “admires” the work he’s done to advocate against social injustices, he believes James spoke prematurely on Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting.

“You can’t fight every battle. You gotta pick your battles,” Simpson said. “It’s a war that must be fought but sometimes you need to take your time and be a little more patient before you comment on some of these bad incidents that are happening with police departments. This one, LeBron should’ve waited.”

Simpson went on to say that he’s watched the full clip, which shows Bryant appearing to charge at another female with a knife before being shot.

“I’m a little upset with most of the media because they showed us edited versions of what took place with the girl with the knife,” he said. They made it sound as if it was another police officer overreacting and killing a young Black American. Well, from what I saw when I saw the full thing, the police had no choice. He responded … in that instant, if he hadn’t done what he did — it appeared to me another young American would’ve had her life taken.”

He continued: “I can’t fault what he did. I wish it was different but I can’t fault it.”

James was slammed by critics on social media who accused him of using his platform to incite violence against the officer to his nearly 50 million followers while seemingly suggesting that the shooting was unjustified.
Link Posted: 4/25/2021 5:53:20 PM EDT
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Cop Calls LeBron James For Advice

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uOX1V_1619382295

Link Posted: 4/25/2021 6:34:33 PM EDT
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That’s worth watching! Thanks for posting!
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