After the struggles during the confrontation, Silvester shot Holler Jr in the chest. After this, it was said that Holler Jr had freed himself and run into the parking lot and one of the officers said that he saw Holler Jr sweeping his gun at him. However, in contradiction, another officer claimed that Holler Jr had pointed his gun back towards the motel where Silvester and his colleague stood.
Officer Nate Silvester claimed use of excessive force by law enforcement happens very rarely, contrary to what CNN would have you believe, while defending Kim Potter (TikTok/Hennepin County Sheriff s Office)
Fundraiser for Idaho officer who mocked LeBron James on TikTok gets $291K in donations
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Officer Nate Silvester of the Bellevue, Idaho, Marshal’s Office posted a TikTok video mocking NBA star LeBron James that had been viewed nearly 5 million times by Friday. | Courtesy Idaho Statesman
BELLEVUE (Idaho Statesman) An Idaho deputy marshal is racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations after he was reportedly suspended following a viral video on TikTok that mocked LeBron James over a police shooting.
Bellevue city officials have yet to say whether the deputy was suspended, but a GoFundMe page for an account established on behalf of Nate Silvester says he was. The account had reached near $300,000 in donations as of Saturday morning. The page does not say if he is still employed by the department.
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Bellevue, Idaho – An Idaho police officer who mocked NBA star LeBron James after he sent a vile tweet out after the officer shot and killed Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old black Ohio teen who was trying to stab another black girl, has reportedly been suspended.
Deputy Nate Silvester with the Bellevue Marshal’s Office uploaded a parody video to his TikTok account that showed him calling James for consultation before intervening in an imaginary attempted stabbing occurring outside his cruiser.
According to The Idaho Mountain Express, after the video went viral, a citizen filed a complaint against Silvester with the Marshal’s Office on Monday.
Cops are trolling LeBron on TikTok and I am 100% here for it https://t.co/zpY6ANOQHKpic.twitter.com/KluOzUjvkb Not the Bee (@Not the Bee) April 25, 2021
“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 if he’s doing it to save the life of another Black person?” the deputy marshal asked in the video during a fictional phone conversation with James.
The Bellevue Marshal’s Office addressed the matter Wednesday, calling it “a personnel issue that is being dealt with internally.”
“Bellevue Marshal’s Office is aware of the extreme controversy regarding Deputy Marshal Silvester’s viral TikTok,” the organization wrote on its official Facebook page. “The statements made do NOT represent the Bellevue Marshal’s Office. The Bellevue Marshal’s Office always demands that our Deputies engage with our citizens in a friendly and professional manner. This is NOT how we expect our Deputies to act o
Nate Silvester, Cop Who Mocked LeBron James, Previously Cleared in Motel Shooting Death
On 4/30/21 at 10:53 AM EDT
The Idaho deputy who was publicly reprimanded by his employer following a viral TikTok video mocking LeBron James appears to have been previously cleared in a 2009 police shooting during his former tenure at a police department.
Nate Silvester, a deputy with the Bellevue Marshal s Office, amassed millions of views this week after posting a TikTok video deriding James following the NBA legend s much-criticized and now-deleted tweet over the police shooting of Ma Khia Bryant.
On Tuesday, the Marshal s Office said the personnel issue was being dealt with internally.