{"id":474315,"date":"2021-05-05T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474315"},"modified":"2021-05-05T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T16:20:55","slug":"i-fueled-the-wrong-conversation-about-makhia-bryant-lebron-james-avoids-responsibility-portrays-bryant-as-a-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-fueled-the-wrong-conversation-about-makhia-bryant-lebron-james-avoids-responsibility-portrays-bryant-as-a-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Fueled The Wrong Conversation About Ma\u2019Khia Bryant\u2019: LeBron James Avoids Responsibility, Portrays Bryant As A Victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-fueled-the-wrong-conversation-about-makhia-bryant-lebron-james-avoids-responsibility-portrays-bryant-as-a-victim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1278508453-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Responding to a furious backlash to his now-deleted Tweet that appeared to dox the Ohio police officer who shot Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, NBA superstar LeBron James admitted that he had \u201cfueled the wrong conversation\u201d about the 16-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI fueled the wrong conversation about Ma\u2019Khia Bryant and I owe it to her and this movement to change it,\u201d James wrote on Twitter. \u201cThank you to @fabiolacineas for educating us about Ma\u2019Khia and her story and why this needs to be about her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5796178343949\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I fueled the wrong conversation about Ma\u2019Khia Bryant and I owe it to her and this movement to change it. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabiolaCineas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fabiolacineas<\/a> for educating us about Ma\u2019Khia and her story and why this needs to be about her. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Owh1vDJWXi\">https:\/\/t.co\/Owh1vDJWXi<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sayhername?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sayhername<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blacklivesmatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blacklivesmatter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1389331737159770112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The article James shared was a Vox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22406055\/makhia-bryant-police-shooting-columbus-ohio\">piece<\/a> titled, \u201cWhy they\u2019re not saying Ma\u2019Khia Bryant\u2019s name,\u201d by Fabiola Cineas, who writes that \u201cThe 16-year-old Black girl could never be the \u2018perfect victim.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAfter watching 15 seconds of police body camera footage last week, viewers of various races and political affiliations had made a decision: 16-year-old Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was \u2018the aggressor\u2019 \u2014 the \u2018fat,\u2019 \u2018huge,\u2019 \u2018knife-wielding attacker\u2019 and \u2018maniac\u2019 who deserved to be fatally shot by the police on April 20 in Columbus, Ohio,\u201d wrote Cineas. \u201cAccording to these viewers, Nicholas Reardon, the police officer who immediately shot and killed Bryant, who was holding a knife, was justified. That she was a teenager in the middle of an altercation, in which she was presumed to be defending herself, did not matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cineas then claims that \u201cBryant\u2019s death has become a debate that questions a child\u2019s actions \u2014 and worthiness to live \u2014 instead of another example of the racism of policing and the institution\u2019s failure to provide wholesome support, care, and safety for the communities it serves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe insistence that Reardon had no other option than to take Bryant\u2019s life to save others \u2014 though he risked everyone\u2019s life in the process \u2014 displays the lack of consideration and value that society places on the lives of Black girls and women,\u201d Cineas argued, before presenting Bryant as a victim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd even for those who do see her as a victim, they\u2019ll still victim-blame, erasing the systemic oppression \u2014 including that Black children are far more likely to be in foster care than their white counterparts, and kids in foster care are often exposed to high levels of violence \u2014 that brought her to being killed at the hands of the police.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s hard to argue that James\u2019 tweet can be viewed as an admission of wrongdoing given that he lauded Cineas for \u201ceducating us about Ma\u2019Khia,\u201d when clear video evidence of the attack includes footage of Bryant apparently screaming \u201cI\u2019m gonna stab the f*** out of you, b****.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.854406130268\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In new video, Makhia Bryant can be heard screaming \u201cI\u2019m gonna stab the fuck out of you, bitch,\u201d while lunging at two unarmed people who were posing no imminent physical threat to her <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iIrn1RlbBR\">pic.twitter.com\/iIrn1RlbBR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1385305451428990978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Soon after Ma\u2019Khia Bryant was killed earlier this month, James posted a picture of the police officer who prevented further violence, alongside the caption, <\/span><span>\u201cYOU\u2019RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) responded to James\u2019 tweet by writing: \u201c. @KingJames , with his vast resources &#038; influence, should educate himself and, frankly, has a responsibility to do so, on the facts before weighing in. This is disgraceful &#038; extremely reckless. The officer saved a young girl\u2019s life. No amount of gaslighting will change that fact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.721179624665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KingJames<\/a>, with his vast resources &#038; influence, should educate himself and, frankly, has a responsibility to do so, on the facts before weighing in. This is disgraceful &#038; extremely reckless.<\/p>\n<p>The officer saved a young girl&#8217;s life. No amount of gaslighting will change that fact. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTHn1VAAlf\">pic.twitter.com\/GTHn1VAAlf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) (@GLFOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLFOP\/status\/1384971441825894400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to a furious backlash to his now-deleted Tweet that appeared to dox the Ohio police officer who shot Ma\u2019Khia Bryant, NBA superstar LeBron James admitted that he had \u201cfueled &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277365,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1278508453-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Fueled The Wrong Conversation About Ma\u2019Khia Bryant\u2019: LeBron James Avoids Responsibility, Portrays Bryant As A Victim","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1278508453-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Fueled The Wrong Conversation About Ma\u2019Khia Bryant\u2019: LeBron James Avoids Responsibility, Portrays Bryant As A Victim","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}