Supposedly, the emote was going to be called “Lemme Breathe,” which led to immediate backlash with fans since it could easily be connected to the events of July 17, 2014, when a black man named Eric Garner was taken down by police in New York.<\/p>
In the arrest video, Garner can be heard saying “I can’t breathe” to the police multiple times, as he was placed in an illegal chokehold on the ground. In a similar case, a black man named George Floyd was also killed during an arrest in which he uttered the same statement, “I can’t breathe.” As a result, many players believe this emote could be used in a malicious manner.<\/p>
The emote’s name has, however, been switched from “Lemme Breathe” to “Cope’Sante,” which is a better reference to the copium meme that has circulated around the internet. Most people say that people are on copium when their team is struggling to win but still believe, and should be a decent emote to spam when pulling off an improbable comeback on the Summoner’s Rift.<\/p>
