NBA superstar LeBron James publicly criticized a Texas state trooper on Saturday, calling for his suspension after a viral video showed the officer making physical contact with two South Carolina football players following a Gamecock touchdown.

After wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored an 80-yard touchdown during Saturday’s game, he and teammate Oscar Adaway III were walking back toward the field from a tunnel at Kyle Field. The trooper appeared to shove both players before pointing and shouting at them.

James took to social media to criticize the trooper, writing, “That A&M cop needs (to be) suspended! That was premeditated and corny AF!! … He went out his way to start some s—. Do better man.”

Others on social media described the trooper’s actions as unprofessional as well as poss

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