Idaho’s Deputy Marshal has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations after being suspended as follows: TikTok viral video It ridiculed LeBron James with a police shooting.
Bellevue city officials have not yet stated whether the adjutant has been suspended, Account GoFundMe page He says he was founded on behalf of Nate Sylvester. As of Friday afternoon, the account had donated over $ 210,000. This page does not say if he is still employed in the department.
Calls and emails to Mayor Ned Burns of Bellevue and emails to Marshal Minde Heil of Bellevue were not returned immediately on Friday. Facebook messages and emails to Sylvester were also not returned immediately.
scald Told Ketchum’s Idaho Mountain Express At least one formal complaint was filed by the public against Sylvester. Burns told the newspaper that he couldn’t say if the adjutant had been suspended.
Idaho police, which oversees state police standards and training departments, said Friday that Sylvester had not undergone a POST investigation.
Your GoFundMe account contains three videos of Sylvester thanking the people who donated. For one thing, Sylvester says he wants people to stand up on behalf of law enforcement officers.
“We are no longer willing to tolerate being attacked, bullied or accused by the media,” Sylvester said.
Last week, Sylvester Posted a video on TikTok criticizing James Comments made by the Los Angeles Lakers after police shooting in Ohio. James tweeted “YOU’RE NEXT # ACCOUNTABILITY” after a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, shot deadly a black 16-year-old Makia Briant. The tweet also referred to police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of killing George Floyd in Minneapolis.
After the shooting in Columbus, police released a video of a body camera in which Brian appears to be attacking another black man with a knife.
James later deleted his tweet. Since then, he has been scrutinized by police groups.During an interview with Fox newsJamie McBride, a member of the Los Angeles Police Department’s board of directors, has called on the NBA to investigate James.
In Sylvester’s viral video, he sits in the driver’s seat of a police car and puts a knife on a fictional character outside the car and asks him not to stab others before pretending to receive a call from James. is. The NBA star tells him not to shoot the perpetrator because he is black.
“That doesn’t make much sense, but again, I believe your words because you’re really good at basketball,” Sylvester says before driving a car.
Marshal Bellevue Office after the video has been played millions of times Said in a statement on Tuesday The Sylvester statement “does not represent Marshal Bellevue’s office.” Marshall’s office added that it was handling the issue internally, and Sylvester’s actions are not the way the office expects agents to act on duty or city time.
“The Marshal Bellevue office always requires our agents to engage with our citizens in a friendly and professional manner,” the department said in a statement.
Sylvester previously ignored what appeared to be a fictional battle outside the police car and many others, including the phrase “when a pedophile is trying to get his a ** beat.” I posted the video on the TikTok page. screen.
In two videos, Sylvester defends police officer Kim Potter, who was charged with manslaughter after the death of Dauntelite at the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Potter reportedly confused her gun with Taser before shooting.
As of Friday, Sylvester’s video about James has been viewed nearly 5 million times.