POLICE
POLICE OFFICER'S CONTROVERSIAL TIK-TOK VIDEO THAT IS GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION
ONLINE...AROUND THE
WORLD.
THE PREMISE OF IT:
MOCKING A TWEET...
FROM N-B-A STAR LEBRON
JAMES.
AND IT COMES AT A TIME
WHEN SHOOTINGS..
INVOLVING POLICE ARE OF
TOP OF MIND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
OUR SHIRAH MATSUZAWA
TALKED WITH THE OFFICER
AT THE CENTER OF THIS
VIDEO.
AND SHIRAH... A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING...
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A
LIGHTNING ROD... DOES
HE REGRET MAKING THIS
VIDEO?
NATE SILVERSTER IS HIS
NAME.
HE'S A DEPUTY
MARSHALL IN BLAINE
COUNTY.
I ASKED HIM JUST A
SHORT TIME AGO... IF HE
REGRETS MAKING THAT
VIDEO SINCE IT'S NOW
GONE VIRAL.
HE TELLS ME... NO.
HE SAYS HE SIMPLY TOOK
WHAT MANY OTHERS ARE
THINKING
THINKING AND FEELING AND PUT IT INTO A FUNNY 60 SECOND VIDEO.
BUT HE WANTS TO BE
CLEAR... HIS COMMENTS
DON'T REFLECT THE VIEWS
OF THE BELLEVUE
MARSHAL'S OFFICE OR
THE CITY.
NATS: SIR, NO, NO... NO,
SIR DON'T STAB HIM, NO,
STOP STABBING...
HOLD ON, HOLD ON... IT'S
LEBRON."
LEBRON."
IN
IN JUST
IN JUST A
IN JUST A FEW DAYS... THIS TIKTOK VIDEO HAS BEEN SEEN 4-MILLION
TIMES.
LEBRON, HEY. YEAH IT'S
ME AGAIN. LISTEN I'M OUT
HERE AT THIS
DISTURBANCE CALL AND
THERE'S A GUY TRYING
STAB ANOTHER GUY WITH
A KNIFE. WHAT DO YOU
THINK I SHOULD DO?
WHY DOES THAT MATTER?
OK, WELL THEY'RE BOTH
BLACK.
IN IT... BLAINE COUNTY
DEPUTY MARSHAL-- NATE
SILVESTER IS SEEN HAVING
A PRETEND
CONVERSATION WITH N-
B-A STAR LEBRON JAMES.
ONE GUY'S TRYING TO
STAB ANOTHER GUY WITH
A KNIFE. DEADLY FORCE IS
COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED.
UH HUH, I SEE. 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 HE'S DOING IT TO
SAVE THE LIFE OF
ANOTHER BLACK PERSON?
SILVESTER SAYS.. HE MADE
THIS VIDEO AFTER THE
LAKERS STAR TWEETED
THE WORDS "YOU'RE
NEXT" WITH THE HASHTAG
"ACCOUNTABILITY".. AFTER
A WHITE POLICE OFFICER
SHOT AND KILLED A BLACK
16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN
COLUMBUS OHIO.
BODY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWS... THE GIRL HAD A
KNIFE AT THE TIME OF THE
SHOOTING AND WAS
ATTACKING ANOTHER
BLACK PERSON.
13:26 OFFICER REARDON
HE WAS PUT IN AN AWFUL,
TERRIBLE POSITION AND
IT'S TRAGIC WHAT
HAPPENED BUT THAT
DOESNT MEAN IT'S NOT
JUSTIFIED, MOST PEOPLE
IN THIS COUNTRY DONT
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
BE A POILICE OFFICER,
THEY DONT KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE IN A
STRESSFUL POSIITON LIKE
THAT 13:44
THE BASKETBALL STAR
LATER DELETED HIS TWEET.
BUT NOT BEFORE
SPARKING A HUGE
RESPONSE... ESPECIALLY
AMONG PEOPLE LIKE NATE
IN THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY.
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. "I FEEL LIKE IT'S
IMPORTANT WITH
TODAY'S ATMOSPHERE
WITH THE SORT OF THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
THE PUBLIC, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT LAW
ENFORCEMCENT OFFICERS
CAN SPEAK THEIR MIND
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
AND LET THEM KNOW
THAT HEY, WE'RE NOT THE
BAD GUYS HERE. WE'RE
OUT THERE TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING, WE'RE
NORMAL, EVERYDAY
AVERAGE HUMAN BEINGS
JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
AND WHEN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAPPENS, WHEN
AN INCIDENT LIKE THE
COLUMBUS, OHIO
INCIDENT HAPPENS AND
SOMEBODY LIKE LEBRON
JAMES TWEETS OUT
SOMETHING DANGEROUS
AND INFLAMMATORY LIKE
HE DID, WE DON'T
APPRECIATE IT."
IN A STATEMENT TO K-T-
V-B ... THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE
WASSMUTH CENTER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS SAID:
"WHILE WE COULD AND
SHOULD DISCUSS INTENT,
IT IS DISTURBING THAT
THE CHOICE WAS TO
MOCK INJUSTICE. THIS IS
NOT A TIME FOR
LAUGHTER, THIS IS TIME
FOR SERIOUS
CONVERSATION. ETCHED
IN THE STONE OF THE
IDAHO ANNE FRANK
HUMAN RIGHTS
MEMORIAL, ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT REMINDS US,
'WE HAVE TO FACE THE
FACT THAT EITHER ALL OF
US ARE DOING TO DIE
TOGETHER OR WE ARE
GOING TO LEARN TO LIVE
TOGETHER AND IF WE ARE
TO LIVE TOGETHER WE
HAVE TO TALK.' MY
PREFERENCE WOULD BE
THAT CIVILITY AND
COMPASSION GOES
VIRAL."
10:25 I FEEL AS THOUGH
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILTY
TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THINGS LIKE THAT. 10:30
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE
THE VOICE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, WE DONT
NECESARILY HAVE A VOICE.
00:10:38
10:43 THAT OFFICER IN
COLUMBUS OHIO, HE WAS
FORCED TO MAKE A
TERRIBLE CHOICE, HE DID
HIS DUTY THAT DAY, HE
DID THE RIGHT THING
AND HE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN COMMENDED AND
NOT CRUCIFIED BY PEOPLE
LIKE LEBRON JAMES 10:58
BEEN
BEEN COMMENDED AND NOT CRUCIFIED BY PEOPLE LIKE LEBRON JAMES 10:58
SILVESTER ADDED... IF
PEOPLE DIDN'T APPROVE
OF THE VIDEO BECAUSE HE
WAS IN UNIFORM... HE
SAYS, WELL, THEY'RE
ALLOWED TO TAKE
BREAKS.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE
WAS DOING WHEN HE
MADE THIS VIDEO.
SO FAR.. HE SAYS.. MOST
OF THE RESPONSE TO THE
VIDEO HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
AND FOR EVERY PERSON
WHO HAS CONTACTED
HIM SHARING THEIR
DISAPPROVAL OR
DISTRUST...
HE SAYS.. THERE HAVE
BEEN 100 OTHERS WHO
HAVE SAID THEY
APPRECIATE IT.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT...
HIS VIDEO HAS NOW BEEN
SEEN MORE TIMES... THAN
THE AVERAGE AUDIENCE
OF AN N-B-A GAME THIS
SEASON.
SEASON.