"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. Because of his continued policy violations, the Marshal has terminated Mr. Sylvester effective May 27th, 2021."
Idaho police officer Nate Silvester who gained notoriety for his TikTok videos has been fired
In a TV interview Silvester claimed to be the latest victim of cancel culture
Deputy Marshal Silvester mocked tweets LeBron James made after the shooting death of Ma Khia Bryant in Ohio
James tweeted YOU RE NEXT with a picture of Columbus Police Officer Nicholas Reardon who shot and killed Ma Khia Bryant
Bellevue Mayor Ned Burns wrote Silvester was terminated from the Bellevue City Marshal s Office for continued policy violations
Burns claims Silvester violated several city and state policies on policing during the week of May 20 and violated a last chance agreement with his officers
The mayor did not explain the nature of the violations in question, but claimed Silvester was not fired for the content of his speech, but his failure to follow clearly laid out and well-established policy.
Fox News anchor Sean Hannity told Silvester during his Thursday appearance on the network that Bellevue officials appeared afraid that you re about to hire a lawyer and sue their asses off. Well, I d like to think so, Silvester responded. I m the latest target of cancel culture, Sean, that s all it is. None of my other videos that depicted me in my uniform or that involved body camera footage none of those mattered, they didn t care about those, he continued. They knew they existed, but they didn t matter. It wasn t until my LeBron James TikTok surfaced and struck a political nerve that they started to pay attention and complain about it and come up with forms of discipline.