On Wednesday, Lakers star LeBron James posted and then deleted a tweet addressing the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Black girl Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio. In the tweet, James shared a photo of the officer, Nicholas Reardon, along with the caption, "YOU'RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY," with an hourglass emoji included.
James explained his reasons for taking down the tweet in a series of follow-ups:
A video released by the Columbus Division of Police shows Reardon's body camera footage, which captured him arriving on the scene after someone called 9-1-1 saying they were being physically threatened.