LeBron James attracts heat over police escort to Jay Z concert

[joeybee12]

NBA star causes fan anger with Instagram video and tweet that he needed special guidance 'cause traffic was nuts!!'

When your nickname is King James, you come to expect the royal treatment. But now the basketball superstar LeBron James has landed a Miami cop in hot water, after posting an online video of himself and his fiancée receiving a flashing-lights escort, past gridlocked vehicles, on their way to a rap concert.

"They treat us so well! Needed it cause traffic was nuts!!" wrote James, of the Miami Heat, in a Tweet praising the officer who helped them reach a Jay Z/Justin Timberlake concert at the city's Sun Life Stadium on time. The post links to a short Instagram video which shows James's car following a police car or motorcycle into oncoming traffic on the wrong side of the road, speeding past block after block of jammed vehicles to the right.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/lebron-james-heat-instagram-police-escort

A D-bag extraordinaire!

[hughee99]

1. You know what causes traffic to be nuts? Sometimes it's douchebags getting a police escort

so they're not late for a concert.

[joeybee12]

2. I didn't realize he was appearing on stage and that's why he needed to be there on time...

Instead of planning ahead!