and would he even admit to that if there had been no video?

Ever notice how the ones who hate the government the most are the ones who LOVE the police and the military the most, even though those are the ultimate expressions of government power?

and trying to SPIN it to mean something that fits into their world view.

at least the viewers can see the video and some may reach the factual conclusion that a white police officer murdered/executed an unarmed black man by shooting him multiple times in the back.

let's let that sink in. how often is this happening across the country?

'Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes'.

...you can't:
- always trust the police
- ever let down your guard regarding the government
- believe most of what you see on Fox aside from the clock

can really.... never trust a police. cause there are times for us to not trust a police. we just do not know when those times are. hence, we cannot trust the police?

Looking backward, you can usually trust the police; looking forward to your very next encounter, IMNSHO you should not simply trust. There are numerous LEOs that deserve none. It's Russian roulette. Try not to ever pull the trigger.

watchful. but that is only the looking back of it. hence, never trust the police.

yup

just hit me as i was passing thru this thread and saw your words.

But of course he can't admit racism has a part in it or that it's part of a disturbing national long-term trend.

Out of the mainstream, just off the radar and not the most-referred to "news" organization in America. As with Beck and Jones, there should be no need to say Fox News celebrities are unhinged extremists.

With Jon Stewart retiring, Fox News may lose a lot of viewers (who watched Fox via TDS) but some on the Left remain obsessed with Fox so who knows.

I'm going to believe whatever Fox News says. Not my own lying eyes"!

But his kind of colorblindness demonstrates his racist intent.

It's actually a hallmark of white privilege.

I believe that is the preferred Fox News response at the very mention of racist intent or white privilege.

Sometimes they'll say it when the person says nothing at all.

You can't "see" a person if you don't see all of that person, including the unique set of circumstances that each person's race brings to their identity. To say that a black man murdered by a white cop is just the same as a white man murdered by a white cop is to deny the history that that black man lived, and the racially-dictated differential in power, and the history of lynchings (which is what these shootings are--just a way to keep black people in line) that the black man was aware of, and the awareness of his racially-based danger as he had to decide how to handle the situation. It also ignores the reality of the white cop, of his desire to teach a lesson, of his own biases and hatreds that came to the surface, and of his near-certainty of getting away with it as he drew the gun, took aim, fired coldly, then planted the weapon near the body.

I'm sure the white cop thought of Darren Wilson, George Zimmerman, and Daniel Pantaleo as he pulled the trigger, and I'm sure Walter Scott thought of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and countless other names that my white self is privileged enough to be able to forget as he saw how the situation was going, as he made his decision to try to run away, as the bullets ripped into him.

You may not be completely right, MrScorpio. That Fox host probably was somewhat aware of the racism of his comment. Take it from a white guy--we actually do know when we're being racist, even if we pretend like mad that we don't. Kind of like the guy who gets caught cheating on his wife and says "I don't know how it happened, it just happened." He does know. He just doesn't want to admit he could be that horrible.

What I should have said that he's unwilling to realize that he looks like one by saying it.

People like you and I can see that he does, even if he's not willing to admit it himself. We've seen wingers be this obtuse before, they have no idea how they sound to other people.

Thanks for the elaboration, it was perfect.

He judges people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of his morning Ailes memo.

Grasp, grasp, grasp.

a white police officer.

Wish we had some kind of doctrine where more than Rupert Murdoch's pro-hate got broadcast on the nation's airwaves.

"I will not defend any of these guys." -- first words out of the mouth of a self-described Liberal Democrat analyst on FOX, asked to comment on a report listing a series of Democratic politicians accused of relatively petty crimes.

Heard a tease for the local RW afternoon guy - "why is the media only focusing on the racial part of the shooting in South Carolina? Today 3:06"

There is another thread about Allen West saying/tweeting basically the same thing.

They are using their media to play victim to "the media".

Great analysis, yours. The Mighty Whorelitzer spews sideshow even as the reality of the rollback to the Antebellum Natural Guard continues.

Asked a pundit the other day about Edwin Black and "The War Against the Weak" and he never heard of the guy or IBM, at least going by the lack of response to the question.

The one in the video that witnesses the white cop put the taser next to the victim but appears to just go along with it?

Let's get that black cop!!!!!!

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I don't think he literally means he didn't see a white cop shooting a black man.

He goes on to condemn the action saying that there's no way anyone could justify the behaviour. He even states how he used to think cameras interfered with police, but has since changed his position and he thinks they need to be on all cops.

Normally I'd be the first slamming these fox guys, but in this particular case, it sounds like he gets it.

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One where the race, profession, systemic abuses of authority, and attempted cover ups are inconsequential window dressing to the greater issue of a random murder.

I wonder which troubles him more, the murder or the video.

Fucking liars never quit with the denial.

Greg Gutfeld logic: It's okay to shoot people in the back.