Outrage over the Minneapolis police killing of an unarmed black man, the latest in a string of racist attacks and incidents caught on camera, has spread from social media to the streets
the chorus of Americans demanding accountability in the Floyd case. “The lack of compassion, use of excessive force, or going beyond the scope of the law, doesn’t just tarnish our badge—it tears at the very fabric of race relations in this country,” said Los Angeles police chiefsaid in a statement that fellow members of law enforcement should “not defend the undefendable, attempt to justify the unjustifiable, or excuse the inexcusable.
George Floyd should be alive today.” Right-wing media pundits, however, are maintaining their position as the leading critics of the Black Lives Matter movement. After praising the recent anti-coronavirus lockdown protests, which were largely led by white conservatives, Fox News hostthe Minneapolis protests, calling them “a form of tyranny” and “oppression” on Wednesday. “Ugly opinions, police brutality, officious birdwatchers, rude entitled ladies walking their dogs in big city parks—all of that is bad, but none of it is nearly as bad as what you just saw,” said Carlson. “The indiscriminate use of violence by mobs is a threat to every American of all colors and backgrounds and political beliefs.” And while Fox News the often heavily armed conservative protesters calling for an end to shelter-in-place orders—Carlson thanked them “for exercising your constitutionally protected rights as American[s]”;commended them for fighting “to get your freedom back”—when a Black Lives Matter activist showed up to the Minneapolis protest with a firearm, the network had a different response. “Why did you show up armed and aren’t you flirting with disaster?” a Fox News reporterthe demonstrator. The man explained he was armed to protect his community and because “black lives definitely matter,” but Fox’s interviewer maintained that that’s not “an argument for why you’re showing up here with live rounds and a Beretta on your hip.”
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