The Idaho police officer who recently created a popular parody video of LeBron James has been fired, according to a statement on the city of Bellevue’s Facebook account.
“During the week of May 20th, while on shift Deputy Marshal [Nate] Silvester violated several clearly established City of Bellevue and State of Idaho Policing policies. After his previous policy violations Deputy Marshal Silvester was placed on probation and was on, what is called, a ‘last chance agreement’ with his superior officers,” Mayor Ned Burns said.
“Because of his continued policy violations, the Marshal has terminated Mr. Sylvester effective May 27th, 2021,” the mayor said.
Some believe Silvester’s firing had more to do with his TikTok video than the statement reported.
One Facebook comment said, “What a joke… Bellevue just lost a great cop!!!! Get it together people and stop being such a push over.”
The popular video mocked James after the NBA star tweeted a picture of the police officer who shot a Columbus teenager as she was attempting to stab another woman.
The text read, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.”
James later deleted the tweet, but not until it had been seen by thousands of Twitter users and reposted online.
If you haven’t seen the video yet, check it out, enjoy a laugh and don’t forget to back the blue!
