In regard to the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Georgia, James tweets: ‘We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside.’
LeBron James expressed outrage Wednesday on Twitter about the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old unarmed black man who was pursued by two white men and shot in southern Georgia in February.
After a graphic video of the fatal encounter spread widely online Tuesday, a Georgia prosecutor said on that a grand jury should decide whether to bring charges in Arbery’s killing.
In a pair of tweets Wednesday afternoon, the Lakers’ superstar added his substantial voice to a pained chorus expressing anguish and anger over the shooting: “We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can’t even go for a damn jog man! Like WTF man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! I’m sorry Ahmaud(Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the….. heavens above to your family!!”
With his tweets, James included a photo of Arbery, captioned: “I was murdered by an armed father and son who hunted me down and shot me as I jogged in a George neighborhood. Neither of my killers have been charged. My name is Ahmaud Arbery.”
And James added the hashtags: #StayWoke #ProfiledCauseWeAreSimplyBlack
Arbery was killed Feb.23 in a neighborhood outside the coastal port city of Brunswick by armed men who later told police they suspected him of being a burglar. No one has been arrested or charged in the case, which has prompted an outcry from the local NAACP and a growing number of others.
