The President of the Springfield, Massachusetts chapter of the NAACP tweeted Sunday that there is “no such thing” as blue lives following the ambush-style shooting of two sheriff’s deputies in Los Angeles on Saturday, Fox News reports.
Talbert Swan who is also a Pentecostal preacher and radio host tweeted: “There’s no such thing as BLUE LIVES… Stop comparing your JOB with my LIFE… Your CAREER is a choice, my BLACKNESS isn’t. #BlackLivesMatter #BlueLivesMatter.”
“No one deserves to be unjustly murdered, police or citizens,” Swan continued. “If you’re expressing outrage over the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies, but we’re defending #KyleRittenhouse murdering two protesters in #Kenosha only days ago, you need to shut up and have a seat.”
Swan’s comments were ‘liked’ more than 35,000 times, but also met with anger on social media.
There’s no such thing as BLUE LIVES…
Stop comparing your JOB with my LIFE…
Your CAREER is a choice, my BLACKNESS isn’t.#BlackLivesMatter #BlueLivesMatter
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) September 13, 2020
No one deserves to be unjustly murdered, police or citizens.
If you’re expressing outrage over the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies, but we’re defending #KyleRittenhouse murdering two protesters in #Kenosha only days ago, you need to shut up and have a seat.#BlueLivesMatter
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) September 13, 2020
The deputies, a 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, were “fighting for their lives” as they underwent surgery following the attack, which occurred around 7 p.m. local time on Saturday outside a Metro rail station in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Swan referenced Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, in his posts on Sunday. Rittenhouse faces a slew of criminal charges stemming from the Aug. 28 shooting, just two days after Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by a Kenosha police officer. Rittenhouse faces several felony charges, including one count each of first-degree reckless homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide,” according to Fox News.
Swan drew criticism in August when he tweeted the hashtag #wrongtrump after the president’s brother Robert Trump died.
“Dear Grim Reaper, You took the #wrongtrump,” wrote Swan.
Dear Grim Reaper,
You took the #wrongtrump.
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) August 16, 2020
On Sunday police in Los Angeles were continuing to search for a black man, aged 28-30,