‘I fueled the wrong conversation about Ma’Khia Bryant’: LeBron James wants to change movement after controversial tweet

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - LeBron James spoke out on Monday saying he “fueled the wrong conversation about Ma’Khia Bryant and I owe it to her and this movement to change it.”

This statement came with him sharing a Vox article called, “Why they’re not saying Ma’Khia Bryant’s name.”

I fueled the wrong conversation about Ma’Khia Bryant and I owe it to her and this movement to change it. Thank you @fabiolacineas for educating us about Ma’Khia and her story and why this needs to be about her. https://t.co/Owh1vDJWXi #sayhername #Blacklivesmatter
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 3, 2021

A couple minutes later, James posted this tweet:

Protect our Young Black Women & Men! 🙏🏾✊🏾🤎👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 3, 2021

James previously shared a post on social media, which he has since deleted, on the day the verdict for Derek Chauvin was delivered showing an image of the Columbus police officer allegedly involved in the deadly shooting with the caption, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.”

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The Akron native followed up with the deleted post by explaining why he was feeling emotional and angry.

ANGER does any of us any good and that includes myself! Gathering all the facts and educating does though! My anger still is here for what happened that lil girl. My sympathy for her family and may justice prevail! 🙏🏾✊🏾🤎👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 21, 2021

I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate -This isn’t about one officer. it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 21, 2021