Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James: 'Not one time have I said let's act violent toward cops' [View all]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has frequently criticized police officers that have shot or killed unarmed Black people. Though he has called for law enforcement to be held accountable for those incidents, never has James suggested it should be done with force.
“Not one time have I ever said let’s act violent toward cops,” James said following the Lakers’ 114-106 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. “I just said what’s going on in our community is not okay. And we fear for that, and we fear for our lives. It’s something that we go through every single day as a Black man, a Black woman and a Black kid and a Black girl, we fear that moment where we’re pulled over.”
Last week, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva called on James to match a $100,00 reward for an effort to find the gunman responsible for the shooting of two LA County sheriffs deputies. James said, “I have zero response on the sheriff.”
Last week, Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, filed a lawsuit against Villanueva, the sheriff’s department and LA County over alleged photos deputies took and shared of Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, after dying from a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.
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