Get ’em, Boosie.
Lebron James received a lot of slack after voicing his opinion on the recent police killing of 16-year-old Ma’khia Bryant, but Boosie was there in his defense.
After James posted a since-deleted post that read, “You’re Next #Accountability” towards the officer who shot Bryant, many people, including conservative Donald Trump, who criticized the NBA legend’s tweet, with some saying he was inciting violence.
Among those was O.J. Simpson. But Boosie gathered the unconvicted alleged killer and former running back, saying he shouldn’t get involved.
“You can’t fight every battle,” Simpson said in the clip he posted to Twitter. “Sometimes, you need to take your time and be a little more patient before you comment on some of these bad incidents that are happening with some police departments. … What I saw when I saw the full thing, the police guy had no choice, he responded. We wish he could have pulled a taser, we wish he could have done it in another way, but in that instance, if he hadn’t done what he did, it appears to me that another young American would have had her life taken. I can’t fault what he did. I wish it were different, but I can’t fault it.”
Officer Nicholas Reardomn fatally shot the 16-year-old on April 20 during an altercation where she was brandishing a knife. According to reports, she was moving towards a woman and holding the knife. Police bodycam footage recorded the officer yelling, “Get down,” several times. He then fired his gun at least four times, striking the minor who later died, Complex reported.
“O.J. Simpson… How the hell you gonna tell LeBron [to] be quiet ‘bout speaking up our race, you supposed to be speaking up our race,” said Boosie Badazz in a clip shared on his Instagram Story. “I was cheering for you! We got you free. … The Black community got you free! And you want to tell them to chill out? You need to chill out. You better chill out. Get the fuck out LeBron nuts. You wrong, man. You supposed to be on the front line for this Black shit.”
After deleting his tweet, James posted a post sharing his feelings, “I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police,” James wrote. “I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate -This isn’t about one officer. it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.”
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