![]() The city wrote on Facebook that Silvester’s statements didn’t represent the office. ![]() The Idaho Mountain Express reported a citizen then filed a formal complaint with the Marshal’s office shortly after the April video. “He was not terminated for the content of his speech he was terminated for his failure to follow clearly laid out and well established policy.” The video has gotten 6 million views and Silvester has continued to post frequently on TikTok.īurns said Silvester was not fired for the “tone or the tenor of his speech that he posts online. In the video Silvester mocks James about the fictional scenario, saying, “So you don’t care if a Black person kills another Black person, but you do care if a white cop kills a Black person, even if he’s doing it to save the life of another Black person?” It alluded to a deleted tweet the NBA player wrote after a police officer killed a Black teenage girl, Ma'Kahia Bryant, in Ohio. ![]() In late April, Silvester posted a TikTok video pretending to ask LeBron James for advice about a fictional disturbance call. He said Silvester violated several city and state policing policies while on duty during the week of May 20. The Bellevue Fire Marshal's office fired Deputy Marshal Nate Silvester who had gone viral for a controversial TikTok video.īellevue Mayor Ned Burns made the announcement Thursday morning on Facebook.
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