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  • 2021-04-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Did LeBron James Wear A ‘We Die, Y’all Silent’ Shirt? (de)
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  • An image shared on Facebook shows Los Angeles Lakers player Lebron James wearing a black t-shirt emblazoned with the words, We Die, Y’all Silent. Facebook/Screenshot Verdict: False The text on the t-shirt has been digitally altered. The original image is from 2014 and shows James wearing a t-shirt with the text, I Can’t Breathe on it. Fact Check: James, a forward for the Lakers, has been active in promoting social justice issues and has been described by NBC News as a leading voice for social justice. Recently, he retweeted on April 13 ESPN analyst Jalen Rose’s monologue about police brutality in the wake of the death of Daunte Wright , a black man shot and killed by a white police officer in Minnesota on April 11. The image , which has been circulating Facebook since at least 2017 , appears to show James wearing a black t-shirt reading, We March, y’all mad. We sit, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent. One iteration of the picture has been shared over 16,000 times . (RELATED: Did LeBron James Wear A Same Crime Protest T-Shirt?) Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the original photo was taken in 2014 and actually shows James wearing a shirt with the phrase I Can’t Breathe in honor of Eric Garner , a black man who died in 2014 after being placed in a chokehold by a New York City police officer, according to the photo’s caption on Getty Images. I can’t breathe were the last words spoken by Garner before he died, ABC News reported. James made national headlines for wearing the I Can’t Breathe t-shirt in 2014. Had he worn the shirt shown in the Facebook image during warmups, media outlets would have certainly reported on it, yet none have , except to debunk the claim. This isn’t the first time James’ I Can’t Breathe t-shirt has been digitally altered to show a different phrase. Check Your Fact in 2019 debunked the claim that James wore a Same Crime shirt about inequalities in punishment in the criminal justice system. (en)
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