LeBron James' Controversial Deleted Tweet About Police Officer Mocked By Cop In TikTok

A viral TikTok mocking NBA star LeBron James for his now deleted tweet about a police officer has amassed 4.1 million views.

James sparked massive outrage last week after tweeting "YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY" alongside the image of officer Nicholas Reardon, who was involved in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.

Bryant appeared to lunge at another teenager with a knife before being shot dead.

The 36-year-old quickly removed his tweet stating "because its [sic] being used to create more hate."

It has seen an officer in Bellevue, Idaho, identified as Nate Silvester by Newsweek, mockingly 'ask' James for advice while on duty in a video.

The video begins with Silvester stating per UNILAD: "Dispatch, I've arrived at that disturbance. Will you have LeBron call my cellphone right away please? Thank you."

He rolls down the window and asks: "Excuse me sir, can you put the knife down please?"

Seconds later, he asks them to 'stop stabbing' the other person before saying, "Hold on, it's LeBron."

Silvester continues on the phone with: "LeBron, hey, yeah it's me again. Listen, I'm out here at this disturbance call and there's a guy trying to stab another guy with a knife. What do you think I should do?'

After a short pause, he says, "Why does that matter? Okay, well they're both Black... one guy's trying to stab another guy with a knife, deadly force is completely justified. Aha. I see.

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"So you don't care if a Black person kills another Black person, but you do care if a white cop kills a Black person, even if he's doing it to save the life of another Black person?"

He then takes a jab at the four-time MVP's career and claims: "I mean, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense but then again you are really good at basketball so I guess I'll take your word for it."

The LA Lakers forward is regarded as an all-time great and his 18 year career will go down in history.

Silvester mutters that Michael Jordan is 'the GOAT' under his breath before adding: "Sorry guys, you're on your own. Good luck."

Former President of the United States Donald Trump called James 'racist' following the tweet in a statement.

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James shared a message with his 50 million followers stating he took the tweet down while stressing his message isn't about just one officer.

"I'm so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police," it read. "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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Daniel Marland

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