![]() ![]() But not one time have I ever said, ‘Let’s act violent towards cops.’ I just said that what’s going on in our community is not OK and we fear for that and we fear for our lives.” ![]() But when you see the videos that’s going on and you can see all over the - not only my hometown, but all over America, you continue to see the acts of violence towards my kind, I can’t do nothing but to speak about it and see the common denominator. “And I’m not saying that all cops are bad because I actually - throughout high school and things of that nature and I’m around them all the time and they’re not all bad. Two days after pulling off one of the most memorable wins in Lakers playoff history, the team came out flat in a Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets. ![]() Lakers Plaschke: Lakers go from ‘Mamba Shot’ to miserable flop in Game 3 loss to Nuggets And I’ve seen it throughout my whole life. And I’ve seen a lot of counts first hand of a lot of Black people being racially profiled because of our color. But I also know what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong, and I grew up in the inner city in a Black community in what we call the hood or the ghetto, however you want to picture it. “I’ve never in my 35 years ever condoned violence,” James said. On Tuesday night, James was asked about that implication. When two sheriff’s deputies were shot in Compton, pundits and politicians, either implicitly or explicitly, pointed the finger at James and others who have spoken out about police brutality. James, who is from Akron, Ohio around 125 miles northeast of Columbus, later deleted the tweet after it began attracting a lot of derision and criticism of the LA Lakers player, mostly from US conservative figures.Throughout the summer LeBron James has used his social media and interview sessions in the NBA bubble to discuss issues of racism and police brutality, calling for justice in cases where Black people have been killed or seriously injured by police, and sharing thoughts about what he sees as a broken relationship between police and the Black community.
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