NBA star LeBron James deleted a Twitter post regarding the fatal police shooting of a 16-year-old Black girl in his home state of Ohio, later explaining he seeks greater accountability.
James, who helped spark the Los Angeles Lakers to last year’s NBA title, removed a Wednesday tweet that showed a photo of the police officer, who is white, with the words “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.”
Body camera footage released by the Columbus, Ohio, police department showed the girl was swinging a knife at another person before the shots were fired.
After James removed his tweet, he posted more messages to explain the decision.
“I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police,” James p…
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