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A spokesman for Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday blasted NBA player LeBron James
for mocking the teen for crying while testifying about a fatal encounter he had on August 25, 2020, with rioter Joseph Rosenbaum.

Appearing on Fox NewsA oAmericaAs Newsroom,o host Dana Perino asked Dave Hancock about the sincerity of RittenhouseAs tears, referencing criticism
from James and others like Joy Behar of oThe View.o

oI did not take the crying to be insincere at all,o Perino told Hancock, obut letAs get your take on it.o

oAbsolutely it was not,o the spokesman responded. oHe is an empathetic and caring young man.o

oAnd to LeBron, I would just say, he should be paying more attention to the Lakers,o slammed Hancock.

oBut, if he would like to have a sit-down at some point in time, IAm sure him and Kyle can talk about how we can change and fix the system that allows prosecutors to do what theyAre doing to Kyle right now,o he offered. oItAs abhorrent.o

oWhat tears????? I didnAt see one,o James mocked Rittenhouse via Twitter on Wednesday. oMan knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.o

What tears????? I didnAt see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some
lemon heads before walking into court. ?????? https://t.co/LKwYssIUmD

u LeBron James (@KingJames) November 11, 2021

Rittenhouse was overcome with emotion while testifying on Wednesday; the
court had to take a ten minute recess, The Daily Wire reported:

Rittenhouse, detailing the moments before he fired on Rosenbaum
recalled Rosenbaum yelling oburn in hello to him before Rittenhouse
yelled ofriendly, friendly, friendly!o in an attempt to calm Rosenbaum.
But he was chased.

Rittenhouse described feeling otrappedo by Rosenbaum and another man,
identified during the trial as Joshua Ziminski, who fired his pistol
in the air. The teen said the man had the pistol pointed at him during
the incident.

Before describing his actions to fire, Rittenhouse sobbed uncontrollably
and a ten minute recess was called.

Back in April, James made waves for suggesting without evidence that an officer was racially motivated for fatally shooting 16-year-old MaAKhia Bryant, who was, at the time, attempting to stab another girl. Bryant and the other girl involved are both black; the officer is white.

In a now-deleted tweet, the L.A. Laker posted an image of the officer with
the ominous caption, oYOUARE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.o

After that was deleted, in another tweet, James wrote, oIAm so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its [sic] being used to create more hate u This isnAt about one officer. [sic] itAs about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism.
I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.o

Further, in May, James said black people in America are oliterally hunted everyday/everytimeo in reaction to the fatal shooting of 25-year-old black
man Ahmaud Arbery.

oWeAre literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort
of our homes!o James tweeted.

oCanAt even go for a damn jog man!o continued the NBA star. oLike [what the f***] man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! IAm sorry Ahmaud (Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the [a] heavens above to your family!!o


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Let's go Brandon!


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