We just don’t get to hear from these people very often. Mr Silvester has made several subsequent TikToks thanking people for their support, saying: “The vast majority of people in our country are amazing, decent, honest, compassionate, generous people. LeBron James deleted a tweet calling out the Columbus, Ohio police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant and later explained why on Twitter. Since this has become significantly bigger than I ever anticipated, and landed Nate on some major national news, he wishes to use this platform he’s been given to help other officers in other situations similar to his, on a case by case basis”. He still plans on donating a portion of the funds collected to that charity. The GoFundMe page goes on to state that Mr Silvester “plans to give back to the police community at large, including the First Responder Children’s Foundation. They are 100 per cent his to do what he wants with them. Therefore, 100 per cent of the funds collected from this gofundme account will go directly into Deputy Marshal Nate Silvester’s personal bank account. The organiser added: “He is the sole beneficiary from this account. As I stated originally, the future of his job is still unclear, so I started this GoFundMe to help him”. This is a personnel issue that is being dealt with internally”.Īccording to the GoFundMe page, Gannon Ward, a friend of Mr Silvester, started the fundraiser to “help out my friend Nate due to his suspension without pay over a viral TikTok. This is NOT how we expect our Deputies to act on duty or use city time.
#LEBRON JAMES TWITTER COP PROFESSIONAL#
The Bellevue Marshal’s Office always demands that our Deputies engage with our citizens in a friendly and professional manner.
The statements made do NOT represent the Bellevue Marshal’s Office. On 27 April, the Bellevue Marshal’s Office wrote on Facebook that they are “aware of the extreme controversy regarding Deputy Marshal Silvester’s viral TikTok. Mr James expressed regret over the tweet, writing on Monday: “I fuelled the wrong conversation about Ma’Khia Bryant and I owe it to her and this movement to change it.” The video has been viewed more than 5.5 million times. Marshal's Office 'internally' dealing with Idaho cop. On 24 April, Deputy Marshal Nate Silvester of the Bellevue Marshal’s Office in Idaho published a TikTok in which he mocks Mr James by pretending to hold off on intervening in a hypothetical violent altercation between two Black people until he’s received guidance from the basketball giant. Silvester posted a TikTok mocking LeBron James after he tweeted, and later deleted, about the officer who fatally shot Ma'Kahia Bryant in Ohio.
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