This is NOT how we expect our Deputies to act on duty or use city time.
#COP MOCKS LEBRON JAMES PROFESSIONAL#
The Bellevue Marshal’s Office always demands that our Deputies engage with our citizens in a friendly and professional manner.
The statements made do NOT represent the Bellevue Marshal’s Office. “The Bellevue Marshal’s Office is aware of the extreme controversy regarding Deputy Marshal Silvester’s viral TikTok. Mr Silvester posted the video posted 24 April on TikTok, saying: “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.”Īfter the video was uncovered by the station’s management, Mr Silvester was put on administrative leave. In the video, Mr Silvester is pretending to speak to Mr James on the phone, “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?” The caption in Mr James’s tweet read “You’re next.” Mr Silvester’s TikTok video was a response to the basketball player tweeting a photo of the officer who shot dead Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, on the same night that Derek Chauvin was found guilty for murdering George Floyd. The Independent has reached out The Bellevue Marshall’s Office for further clarification. He was not terminated for the content of his speech he was terminated for his failure to follow clearly laid out and well established policy,” the statement read.
“The policy violations have nothing to do with the tone or the tenor of his speech that he posts online.
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