Clevenger also also mocked the protests of sports stars kneeling during the US anthem and seemed to suggest all involved in at the hands of police in Charlotte, North Carolina, should be locked up like "animals."
"Black
people beating whites when a thug got shot holding a gun by a black
officer haha s**t cracks me up! Keep kneeling for the anthem!" Clevenger
tweeted Thursday.
Another post
stated: "BLM is pathetic once again! Obama is pathetic once again!
Everyone involved should be locked behind bars like animals."
Clevenger made his Twitter account private Thursday but not before alert users could capture screen grabs of the messages.
"I am sickened by the idea that anyone
would think of me in racist terms. My tweets were reactionary to the
events I saw on the news and were worded beyond poorly at best,"
Clevenger's statement read.
"I grew
up in (Baltimore) a very culturally diverse area of America and I am
very proud to come from there. I am also proud that my inner circle of
friends has never been defined by race but by the content of their
character.
"I do believe that
supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law
enforcement are not mutually exclusive. With everything going on in the
world I really just want what is best for everyone regardless of who
they are.
"I would like to be a part of the dialogue moving forward to make this a better world for everyone."
Activists took to the streets for a third night in Charlotte Thursday to protest the fatal shooting of Charlotte police chief Kerr Putney told reporters Wednesday that Scott
had been shot by a black police officer named Brentley Vinson.
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