Officer who escorted LeBron James to concert given informal counseling [No discipline]

WPLG-TV ^ | 8/22/13 | Benjamin Candea

[SoFloFreeper]

The Miami-Dade Police Department disciplined the officer who provided the wrong-way escort to LeBron James while the Miami Heat star was headed to the Jay Z and Justin Timberlake concert at Sun Life Stadium.

The department said the officer was given informal counseling. He wasn't identified.

[SoFloFreeper]

Translation: nothing happened, and the media will refuse to pursue this story....

ALREADY in the Miami media we are seeing stories about how much Lebron's contract with the basketball team is expiring, but he LOVES Miami.....in other words, he is not going to be asked any more about his special treatment....the press is afraid.

[Jonty30]

I view the issue as minor. Yes, the officer should not have done that, but it’s not as though the officer shot a pet or beat somebody into incapacitation.

If his supervisor did indeed lecture him, I think that’s probably sufficient.

[latina4dubya]

Gosh, these people are all so damned important! LeBron is so important that a concert will not start without him! Forget about all the waiting fans... He is so important, not only does he get a police escort, the police officer violates traffic rules just to get him there... forget about all the other drivers on the road put in danger...

Jay-Z is so important, he delays his concert until his buddy gets there. He is so important, a police officer escorts his buddy to his concert, breaking laws so Jay-Z can begin his concert. No wonder they are all so full of themselves...

[rwa265]

I wonder if the officer was instructed to get LeBron to the concert ASAP before the fans started rioting . . .

[SMARTY]

“Officer who escorted LeBron James to concert given informal counseling [No discipline]”

Maybe he could repay the taxpayers... at least!!

[rawhide]

So going against traffic on a one-way street is not a big deal?

[Jonty30]

You’re right. Let’s execute him promptly.