The death of a 6-month-old baby girl in Cleveland moved LeBron James to action on Thursday night. James decried the girl’s death, which was the result of a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting. ; On a day where President Obama expressed disgust ;in the aftermath of a shooting at ;Umpqua Community College in Oregon, which reportedly left 10 dead, James took to Twitter to send a clear, simple message: Do better. ; Like seriously man!!!! A baby shot in the chest in Cleveland. It's been out of control but it's really OOC. Ya'll need to chill the F out. October 1, 2015 C'mon man let's do and be better! Don't fall into the trap. This can't be only way. Accept…
The death of a 6-month-old baby girl in Cleveland moved LeBron James to action on Thursday night. James decried the girl’s death, which was the result of a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting. ;
On a day where President Obama expressed disgust ;in the aftermath of a shooting at ;Umpqua Community College in Oregon, which reportedly left 10 dead, James took to Twitter to send a clear, simple message: Do better. ;
This is a man who’s fed up with his city’s violence, and rightly so — the baby girl’s killing marks Cleveland’s third shooting death involving a child ;in the past month. ;
James didn’t come out calling for gun control laws, anti-gang initiatives or other matters of social policy. But something as heinous and senseless as a baby girl getting shot in the chest and dying doesn’t only need to lead to calls for new policies. It can also lead to a call for us all to be better people to each other. ;
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LeBron James Speaks Out After Local Child’s Accidental Drive-By Death
