The day anyone anywhere DEMANDS you speak out and represent an issue to the point of making a public move involving your chosen profession, is the day you understand what James is going through.

And you’re not one of them.

I am pretty sure you are trolling hardcore here, essentially doing a Donald Trump-style or Stephen Colbert exaggeration of the bleeding-heart liberal.

Everything has to be hyperbole and black and white now. People generally are too stupid to look at any situation with any ounce of nuance or empathy. You're looking at the situation with those things, therefore you are wrong—that's the reality of discourse on these types of events.

I never cared for LeBron the player, but respect his actions off the court. He seems to have a level head regarding racial matters around the country.

I think there many ways for Lebron to be more effective in supporting this cause than sitting out. Some other commenters here have pointed out, and I agree, this feels more like the BLM leaders are trying to show how powerful they are that they can get Lebron to sit out. Lebron is smart enough to not be used like that…

That’s the most self-righteous thing I’ve ever heard. I don’t like LeBron at all but he’s under no obligation to do anything he doesn’t want to do.

what if he’s playing for more than just money? maybe he’s, you know, living his fucking dream playing a sport he’s worked his entire life to be the best at? it’s totally unfair to judge him just because someone nominated him to stop playing until our justice system changes. give me a break.

because a police officer piled incompetence on top of fear on top of stupidity, a child is dead.

Do you not see him stand and approach the car as it arises? Did you watch the video? I’m saying this is a tragedy but I would have never acted that way on either part, kid or cop. I had a air soft gun when I was a kid his age (6th grade) and was TERRIFIED that it would be mistaken for a real gun. My dad made sure I…

Ohio is an open carry state. If Tamir HAD had a real gun they still should not have shot him. Holy crap.

And you left out the fact that Ohio is an open carry state so if the police thought he was older and had a real gun, then they should been acting under the assumption that he had a legal right to be carrying it in public and if he was waving it around then the penalty would be a misdemeanor, not summary execution.

the kid is sitting at a playground, the officers roll up on top of him, and he has the tragic failure of judgement to move in Literally Any Way.

I did watch it. If you call pulling a gun from your waistband when police approach you “relaxing”, then I don’t know what to tell you. This is a tragedy but there was bad judgement all around.

I hate Lebron (blame The Decision), but I never ever expect athletes to be more than sports players. If they want to be more, great. But that isn’t their job. And yet, we as a collective society hold someone like Lebron to these standards, but can’t educate ourselves or bother to be a part of the process of selecting…

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Wait, how can a town be on fire for what? 3 decades?

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