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)
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.
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