Suspended, then permanently dismissed in recent hours, an Idaho police officer, author of a mocking video on LeBron James, does not intend to let it go. So he reacted to the loss of his job with strong words.
A few weeks ago, as the Ma’Khia Bryant affair grabbed the news in the United States, criticism of LeBron James had become commonplace. Author of controversial tweets on the subject, the leader of the Lakers had to quickly backtrack, and apologize publicly in order to be forgiven.
Obviously, this back-pedaling was not enough to calm the ardor of a good part of the American population towards him. His haters were particularly happy to relay the video of an Idaho police officer, ridiculing the King for his party on this issue. However, this cost the officer in question dearly.
At first suspended by his superiors, Nate Silvester was finally removed from his post on Thursday. A decision which, according to him, would be the result of local political lobbying. Directly targeted, the mayor of his municipality of Bellevue, Ned Burns, rejected any responsibility via a Facebook post.
He was not sacked for the content of his speech; he was dismissed for violating a clearly established and known rule. The decision was taken solemnly by the command of the Marshals office of Bellevue, and was not influenced in any way by me or the municipality.
Despite this clarification, Silvester does not take offense, and took out the sulphate during his recent appearance on the Sean Hannity Show. Fox News.
I am the latest victim of “cancel culture”. That’s all. None of my other videos where I can be seen wearing my uniform or taken from my body camera have been a problem before. They didn’t care about those. It wasn’t until my TikTok on LeBron James became controversial in politics that they started paying attention, complaining and sanctioning me.
The former police officer can anyway console himself, admiring the astronomical sum he was able to collect for his worries.
Indirectly sacked because of LeBron James, Officer Nate Silvester does not hesitate to denounce a political plot to get rid of him. His many supporters should not let him down.
