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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 03:05 PM Jun 2015

Rolling Stone: The 5 Worst Conservative Reactions to the McKinney Pool Incident

The 5 Worst Conservative Reactions to the McKinney Pool Incident



http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-5-worst-conservative-reactions-to-the-mckinney-pool-incident-20150612

The recent incident in McKinney, Texas – during which, among other things, white police officer Eric Casebolt pinned a black teenager in a bikini to the ground by sitting on her – has understandably resulted in national outrage. It seems clear from the details that have continued to emerge that these teenagers, most of them people of color, were not a real threat to anyone but got treated like a bunch of violent criminals.

Many insightful commentators have reacted to the situation with trenchant commentary, in-depth historical analysis and pointed humor. But pundits on the right, perhaps out of a knee-jerk worship of police authority – especially when it's aimed at black citizens – have gone right into bunker mode, pointing a finger at everything under the sun except our nation's systemic police problems. Here are some of their most pernicious reactions.

1. Blame it on the liberal media.
According to Bill O'Reilly, there are "certain liberal cable news programs hammering American police agencies over and over and over again," resulting in a "growing disrespect for police officers." He seems to think the role of journalists is to cover up for the police when they act out of line, rather than to report facts and speak truth to power. In O'Reilly World, journalists' negligent willingness to do their jobs has taught teenagers (who are totally the target audience of cable news shows…) to do outrageous things like ask the police if they can collect their things before going home.

O'Reilly did admit that it's not right to throw a girl on the ground and sit on her. But his comments imply that her efforts to collect her belongings were rooted in some kind of cable news-inspired police hatred, when the likelier explanation is that she just didn't want to lose her glasses.
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Rolling Stone: The 5 Worst Conservative Reactions to the McKinney Pool Incident (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2015 OP
After watching the video I ask myself why he is not throwing the big white guy to the ground Angry Dragon Jun 2015 #1
Bill O'Reilly is all butthurt that some people are disrespecting the police tularetom Jun 2015 #2
I still want to know who that guy is in the denim shorts. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #3
But cops shutting down a lemonade stand is gubmint overreach underpants Jun 2015 #4

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
2. Bill O'Reilly is all butthurt that some people are disrespecting the police
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 03:22 PM
Jun 2015

But he was anything but respectful toward the cop he tried to get fired for boinking Ms O'Reilly.

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)
3. I still want to know who that guy is in the denim shorts.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 03:27 PM
Jun 2015

Does anyone know who he is? Have we gotten to the bottom of it? He stands around throughout the video and the cops act like he is invisible. Who the hell is that guy? I apologize if this has already been solved, I did a quick search but couldn't find much.

underpants

(182,271 posts)
4. But cops shutting down a lemonade stand is gubmint overreach
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 03:37 PM
Jun 2015

Because the girls with the lemonade stand are white.

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