From Espen.go.com: On several occasions in the past couple weeks, James has spoken out about the deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Tamir Rice in Cleveland. Like Garner, Brown and Rice were both African-American males that died because of a confrontation with a police officer.
"It's just for us to make a [statement] to understand what we're going through as a society," James said when asked about the T-shirt. "I've been quoted over and over about what's going on as far as it's more of a notion to the family, more than anything. Obviously, as a society we have to do better. We have to be better for one another. It doesn't matter what race you are. It's [LeBrone wearing the T-Shirt] more of a shout out to the family more than anything, because they're the ones that should be getting all the energy and effort."
Editor's review: You should know that Garner was the big man in New York, taken down in a chokehold, who suffered and died from a heart attack, during the incident. The Grand Jury did not file an indictment, but the general consensus generally sided with his family, who believes he was murdered, but not as a result of his race. Whether or not "murder" is accurate, certainly, his death was unnecessary, the takedown without cause, and the decision to refuse critical respiratory assistance (as in "CPR"), even after it became obvious that he was having an end-of-life crisis, just might be deserving of the charge of "murder" as in "negligent homicide."
Tamir Rice, was the 12 year old who was "goofing around" in a city park, playing with a pellet pistol that looked remarkably like a real gun. In the video of this incident, here, you can see the boy acting out pointing and shooting; he stands near a sidewalk curb kicking at the snow; he goes over and sits down at a park table and, then, gets up, walks out in front of the table while holding his gun with both hands, pointing down, when a squad car flies into the picture, stops not more than 6 feet from Rice, an officer jumps out of the car and immediately shoots and kills the teenager. While it is clear that the gun appears to be real, the fact remains that if the cops had pulled up in the parking lot, 20/30 feet from the kid, exited the car and ordered the kid to put down the gun, this might not have happened. But, when the cops suddenly were "on top" of this kid, there was no time for the officers to make any kind of decision, other than what they did.
As to the Michael Brown situation, when you rob a store, disobey orders to "get out of the street," come over to a cop car and begin fighting with the officer inside the car, and refuse orders, immediately afterwards, you have all the elements of a justified shooting. I live in Liberal California. But, if I attempt to assault a cop, that, alone, will get me shot if I out weigh the officer by a 100 pounds or more.
Understand that I am saying the Garner incident was more than preventable and the Tamir Rice shooting more the result of poor police strategies than anything else. Although James lumps the Brown shooting in with the other two, I certainly understand what he is saying.
Keep in mind, as well, that LeBron James cares about this country and its history as a great nation . . . . Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, H Obama, Louis Farrakhan, Bill Ayers, Van Jones and others, do not. More than this, James does not indict all "white people" as do the others, named above.
So, I will listen to a LeBron James and the majority he represents, while rejecting, out of hand, the comments of those who view our national story with contempt. They can - collectively - go to hell.
Go back and read what LaBron has to say. I think you will see his point as being sincerely made and the voice of an American friend, rather than angry commentary from an enemy of the American Story.
Editor's review: You should know that Garner was the big man in New York, taken down in a chokehold, who suffered and died from a heart attack, during the incident. The Grand Jury did not file an indictment, but the general consensus generally sided with his family, who believes he was murdered, but not as a result of his race. Whether or not "murder" is accurate, certainly, his death was unnecessary, the takedown without cause, and the decision to refuse critical respiratory assistance (as in "CPR"), even after it became obvious that he was having an end-of-life crisis, just might be deserving of the charge of "murder" as in "negligent homicide."
Tamir Rice, was the 12 year old who was "goofing around" in a city park, playing with a pellet pistol that looked remarkably like a real gun. In the video of this incident, here, you can see the boy acting out pointing and shooting; he stands near a sidewalk curb kicking at the snow; he goes over and sits down at a park table and, then, gets up, walks out in front of the table while holding his gun with both hands, pointing down, when a squad car flies into the picture, stops not more than 6 feet from Rice, an officer jumps out of the car and immediately shoots and kills the teenager. While it is clear that the gun appears to be real, the fact remains that if the cops had pulled up in the parking lot, 20/30 feet from the kid, exited the car and ordered the kid to put down the gun, this might not have happened. But, when the cops suddenly were "on top" of this kid, there was no time for the officers to make any kind of decision, other than what they did.
As to the Michael Brown situation, when you rob a store, disobey orders to "get out of the street," come over to a cop car and begin fighting with the officer inside the car, and refuse orders, immediately afterwards, you have all the elements of a justified shooting. I live in Liberal California. But, if I attempt to assault a cop, that, alone, will get me shot if I out weigh the officer by a 100 pounds or more.
Understand that I am saying the Garner incident was more than preventable and the Tamir Rice shooting more the result of poor police strategies than anything else. Although James lumps the Brown shooting in with the other two, I certainly understand what he is saying.
Keep in mind, as well, that LeBron James cares about this country and its history as a great nation . . . . Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, H Obama, Louis Farrakhan, Bill Ayers, Van Jones and others, do not. More than this, James does not indict all "white people" as do the others, named above.
So, I will listen to a LeBron James and the majority he represents, while rejecting, out of hand, the comments of those who view our national story with contempt. They can - collectively - go to hell.
Go back and read what LaBron has to say. I think you will see his point as being sincerely made and the voice of an American friend, rather than angry commentary from an enemy of the American Story.
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