.CapitolPolice Chief Tom Manger hit TuckerCarlson, criticizing the prime-time Fox News host for his coverage of the Jan 6 attack. “The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video,' Manger said.
Manger accused Carlson of deliberately selecting video clips that showed the “calmer moments” of the Capitol riot while failing to provide context of the attack as a whole. Carlson debuted the footage on his show Monday night to argue that the incident was a “mostly peaceful” gathering of protesters — even going so far as to accuse other news outlets of falsely characterizing the attack as an “insurrection.
While walking around, video footage does not appear to show any of the officers intervening — prompting Carlson to accuse Capitol Police of being complicit “as his tour guides.” It’s not clear from the video whether Chansley and the officers engaged in a conversation, as there is no audio in the tapes.“This Department stands by the officers in the video that was shown last night,” Manger wrote. “I don’t have to remind you how outnumbered our officers were on January 6.
However, Carlson sought to downplay his death, accusing Democrats of using Sicknick as a “prop” and “martyr.”
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