The mother of Tamir Rice said she’s troubled that Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James hasn’t spoken out directly against the police shooting of her 12-year-old son, NBC News reported.
"I think it's quite sad that LeBron hasn't spoken out about my son," Samaria Rice said in an exclusive interview with News One published Wednesday. "I'm not asking him to sit out a game. I know his kids got to eat too, but you can at least put on a shirt or something.”
Social media users encouraged James to sit out NBA games with the hashtag #NoJusticeNoLeBron.
James told ESPN last month that he hasn’t “really been on top of this issue” and that he doesn’t “have enough knowledge” to comment on the situation.
James has identified himself with victims in the past. He was one of several NBA players to wear “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts in a nod to the apparent chokehold death of New Yorker Eric Garner in 2014.
