00:00Charles Barkley was blasted on social media Thursday night with critics saying he appeared
00:04to defend the police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor. Taylor was killed in March. The
00:09only charges brought forth Wednesday were wanton endangerment against a fired officer for shooting
00:13into a home next to that of Taylor. LeBron James was among the numerous pro-athletes, stars,
00:18and politicians who criticized the outcome. Barkley, however, on the TNT pregame show for
00:23the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals said this of
00:27the Taylor case, is captured by CBS Philly. His comments were met with instant backlash on social
00:50media. And Shaquille O'Neal, who agreed with Barkley, was also criticized. He said, in part,
00:54I have to agree with Charles. This one is sort of lumped in.
00:58Following the Lakers' victory in Game 4, James said,
01:00I know we lost a beautiful woman in Breonna, and we want justice no matter how long it takes.
01:05For more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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