“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?” Silvester asked. Īfter James deleted the tweet, Silvester posted a TikTok pretending to be on a phone call with him while one imaginary Black person stabs #lebron #comedy #humanizethebadge #copsoftiktok #fypシ #foryou © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.A police officer in Idaho has a new book deal after being suspended for mocking NBA star LeBron James in a TikTok video.īellevue Marshal’s Office deputy Nate Silvester signed a book deal and returned to work this week after he received backlash for mocking James after the Los Angeles Laker posted a tweet that said, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY” in regards to the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio, KTVB7 reported Wednesday. It wasn’t until my LeBron James TikTok struck a political nerve that they started to pay attention and complain about it and came up with forms of discipline,” he told Hannity. “None of my other videos that depicted me in my uniform or involving body camera footage, none of those mattered. Silvester insisted that his witty videos are an attempt to “humanize the badge.” “The decision was solely made by the command structure within the Bellevue Marshals office and was not influenced in any way by me or by the City Council,” Burns insisted, asking for “calm and understanding.” Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by police after she allegedly attempted to stab another girl. “He was not terminated for the content of his speech he was terminated for his failure to follow clearly laid out and well established policy,” the city insisted in a statement on Facebook. A still from the bodycam footage of the shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by police officers in Columbus, Ohio. He was fired Thursday for what Bellevue Mayor Ned Burns said were “continued policy violations” after he already had a “last chance agreement” with his superior officers. “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,” he said, adding “#humanizethebadge” in the viral video. “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?” Silvester #lebron #comedy #humanizethebadge #copsoftiktok #fypシ #foryou ♬ Spongebob – Dante9k In his clip, Silvester pretended to have a phone conversation with the NBA superstar to get his advice while witnessing an imaginary black person trying to stab another black person. LeBron James said he regretted his tweet on Ma’Khia Bryant after her fatal shooting. Silvester was initially suspended for his April 24 TikTok mocking the hoops legend, who was forced to apologize for incendiary posts about policing following the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. Nate Silvester was fired following a controversy in which he mocked LeBron James on TikTok. “That’s all it is,” the officer-turned-viral videomaker insisted. “I am the latest target of cancel culture,” former Bellevue deputy marshal Nate Silvester told Sean Hannity on his Fox News show Thursday, hours after he was fired. The Idaho cop who went viral for a TikTok video mocking LeBron James for meddling in policing issues has been fired.
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