The former Commissioner of the NYPD has set his sights on LeBron James after his comments earlier this week following the latest police involved shooting of another unarmed Black man in Wisconsin.
“I’ve got nothing nice to say about those cops at all,” Bron told the media on Monday.
“If you’re sitting here and telling me that there was no way to subdue [Blake] or detain him before the firing of guns, then you’re sitting here and lying to not only me, you’re lying to every African American, and every black person in the community.”
Bernie Kerik — who was commish from 2000 to 2001 — was really upset with LeBron’s critical comments about the police officers involved in the Jacob Blake shooting, so he took to Twitter and blasted him.
“You should not comment or criticize when you have no idea what the job is, nor would you have the courage to do it,” he said.
“I’d challenge [LeBron James] to handcuff someone the refuses to comply, or spend a day in a firearms simulations training center?”
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The Lakers star said it is “f—ed up” that black Americans are living in fear of getting shot by cops who appear to be gunning for them.
“We are scared as black people in America. Black men, black women, black kids — we are terrified,” he said.
“You have no idea how that cop that day left the house,” the 35-year-old added.
“You don’t know if he woke up on the good side of the bed, you don’t know if he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, you don’t know if he had an argument at home with his significant other, you don’t know if one of his kids said something crazy to him and he left the house steaming.
As far as his play on the court, the Lakers just eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers in their first round matchup as they await the winner of the Rockets-Thunder series.
