LeBron James on Police Shootings

"But that doesn't mean that I don't respect and don't agree with what Colin Kaepernick is doing".

While speaking with reporters on the Cleveland Cavaliers' media day on Monday, King James said he's "all in favor" of athletes or non-athletes expressing their heartfelt beliefs in a peaceful manner and he respects Kaepernick's stance.

The silent protests have angered some fans, who see it as disrespectful to the USA flag, and set off a debate about race relations, policing and the mixing of politics and sports.

Unlike NFL players, NBA players are contractually obligated to stand up during the playing of the national anthem.

"My personal feelings is that I got a 12-year-old son, a 9-year-old son, and a 2-year-old daughter", he said. That's exactly what Colin Kaepernick is doing and I respect that.

Most Americans think Kaepernick is being unpatriotic but support his right to free speech, while almost half do not think the National Football League should penalize him, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released this month.

Ranger to father: 'Did you just stab her?'
On Monday, Lila's friends brought flowers to the first-grader's school and placed them at her desk, according to media reports. The rangers heard a "thud-like" sound and a high-pitched scream from Lila, who then fell to the ground, the affidavit said.

It's likely that some National Basketball Association players will join Kaepernick in his protest when the season resumes - but we now know that James won't be one of them.

"What I do not like about the situation is the negative attention that has been thrown onto him from certain people because it's not deserved", James said.

But the most interesting and eye-opening portion of his press conference came when he was asked about the recent police shootings that have plagued the country. "It's a scary ass situation that if my son calls me and said he's been pulled over, that I'm not that confident that things are going to go well, that my son is going to return home".

In July, James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade opened the 2016 ESPYs with a call to action regarding police reform and gun violence. Because I'm not up here saying that all police are bad, because they're not. "I'm not a politician, but I've lived this life and I've got a family and what scares me is my kids growing up in this society right now, where innocent lives are being taken and it seems like nothing is being done". "We just want the conversation to continue to be, 'Who are our leaders?"

"We just wanted the conversation to continue to go, to understand that police brutality and killings and things of that nature of innocent people, it's not the answer", he said. But at the same time, all lives do matter. It's not just black or white, it's not that.


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