After a fatal police operation: Donald Trump rages again against the NBA star


After a fatal police operation
Donald Trump is raging against NBA star again

LeBron James is “so damn sorry to see black people killed by the police”. The most famous basketball player in the world causes a stir with tweets after a fatal police operation against a black youth. Ex-President Donald Trump then shoots hard at the NBA star.

Basketball superstar LeBron James has criticized the ongoing racism in the USA after a fatal police operation in the US state of Ohio against the black youth Ma’Khia Bryant and thus incurred the displeasure of ex-President Donald Trump. James shared a photo of a white police officer who was photographed at the scene of 16-year-old Bryant on Wednesday and titled it “You’re next”.

In addition, the Ohio-born and raised James added “#Account”, with this word he had responded to the guilty verdict in the case of the killed black George Floyd on Tuesday. On Thursday, James deleted the photo because his words were “used to create more hate”. The 36-year-old is “so damn sorry to see black people killed by the police”. “This is not about a police officer,” he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “It’s about the whole system and they always use our words to create more racism. I’m so desperate for more RESPONSIBILITY.”

“Divisive, angry, insulting and degrading”

Former US President Donald Trump apparently felt compelled to make a statement by James’ words. The Los Angeles Lakers basketball player should “focus on basketball instead of leading the destruction of the NBA, which has by far the lowest television ratings in the league’s long and respected history,” said Trump. “His racist abuse is divisive, angry, insulting and humiliating,” said the ex-president of James, using the myth of racism against whites that many right-wing populists and right-wing radicals keep repeating. James and Trump had already met several times in the past via Twitter.

In an incident in Columbus, James’ home state, Ohio, 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot dead by police on Wednesday – about 30 minutes before the verdict in the murder of George Floyd was announced. There were demonstrations in the city after the youths died. The police released a video of the incident. Accordingly, the girl had apparently threatened another youth with a knife, the officers did not seem to de-escalate the situation and shot directly at Bryant.

Meanwhile, LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers lost an important NBA duel for the play-off places at the Dallas Mavericks, despite the brilliant German national player Dennis Schröder. The defending champion from California lost to the Texans who competed without Maximilian Kleber 110: 115 and as fifth in the table in the west has only three wins more than seventh Dallas to show. Schröder convinced with a double-double of 25 points and 13 assists on the return of star player Anthony Davis, who had missed 30 games due to an Achilles tendon injury. Star player Luka Doncic made the difference for Dallas with 30 points.

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