LeBron James and the return of the socially conscious superstar athlete LeBron James joined the list of professional athletes to don an “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirt in pre-game warm-ups before Monday’s meeting with the Brooklyn Nets, joining other Nets...

LeBron James and the return of the socially conscious superstar athlete

LeBron James joined the list of professional athletes to don an “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirt in pre-game warm-ups before Monday’s meeting with the Brooklyn Nets, joining other Nets players and his Cavaliers teammates in brandishing the last words of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man killed by a New York police officer in July.

James was not the first player to wear the shirt. Chicago’s Derrick Rose wore an “I Can’t Breathe” warm-up before the Bulls played Golden State on Saturday, just three days after a grand jury decided not to bring charges against the officer who killed Garner, and several other Brooklyn and Cleveland players wore them Monday.

But LeBron is LeBron, and so coming from him the gesture carries even more weight, especially taking place as it did in New York, the city where Garner was slain. That British royalty were in attendance and a massive protest was taking place outside the Barclay’s Center only added to it all.

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