Yesterday we told you about how the news media slandered Charlotte police officers, suggesting that they were white racists monsters who shot an innocent black man who was merely reading a book. These reports sparked riots that have now raged in the city for two nights.
And it was all a lie. Keith Lamont Scott was not reading a book. He was brandishing a gun. He was not acting innocently. He was acting in a threatening manner toward a police officer, who by the way was black, and as a result, the officer made the perfectly reasonable and by-the-book decision to protect his own life by taking Scott down.
It is terrible that Scott died, and the officers on the scene acted heroically to try to save him. But this is the farthest thing that something can be from the media's favored racist-white-cops-kill-innocent-black-man scenario. Yet it's far too late. This notion was pushed early and often by the media and others with a vested interest in pushing the white-racist-cops narrative, and every one of the people who did this shares in the responsibility of having caused this riot.
And we can now add another irresponsible liar to share in that responsibility. I bet you can guess who it is:
Now, you might say, wait a minute. Hillary didn't say white-racist-cops-kill-black-man. She just named the men who were shot and said this has to stop. What's wrong with that?
And that's what Hillary will say if anyone ever calls her on it too. But that's not what she's really doing here, and anyone with a brain in their head knows it. Hillary names two men claimed by the media to be innocent victims of racist police brutality, along with "too many others," and declares, "this has to end."
What, exactly, has to end, Hillary? Men pointing guns at police? Men charging police while on PCP? What has to end? You said something has to end. What exactly is that? You know perfectly well what she meant. Everyone does. She is presenting Scott and Crutcher here as innocent victims of police misbehavior, and by very clear and obviously implication, she is indicting police everywhere for wrongly using violence and deadly force against black men.
I don't think the facts are clear enough yet to take a strong stand on the Crutcher situation, but in the Scott situation things are very clear. Scott threatened police wtih a gun, and police did absolutely nothing wrong by using deadly force to defend themselves. Does Hillary think that needs to stop? Do police not have the right to protect their own lives?
By including Scott in this tweet, Hillary jumps on the bandwagon of those slandering the Charlotte police. And by doing that, she owns responsibility for the riots - along with all the horrible things that have happened as a result - every bit as much as her news media allies who likewise push this narrative.
And here's what's interesting: One of Hillary's criticisms of Donald Trump is that he "pops off" irresponsibly, and that such a tendency on the part of a president can lead to catastrophic results. Well! Sure! Case in point, Hillary: Your decision to pop off about the Charlotte situation when you really didn't know the facts (or worse, knew them but decided to lie about them anyway, as is your wont), helped lead to two nights of riots and dozens of injuries, including those suffered by at least 14 police officers.
Where is the condemnation of Hillary for popping off about a situation without knowing what the hell she is talking about, and helping to bring about terrible consequences? I hope Trump rips her a new one on Monday night for doing this, although he'll obviously have to be ready for her predictable obfuscations and claims that she didn't mean what she obviously meant.
I guess, in a way, this is perfect: The white-racist-cops narrative is the biggest lie in America. Hillary is the biggest liar in America. It would almost seem wrong if she wasn't one of the people telling it.
Yesterday we told you about how the news media slandered Charlotte police officers, suggesting that they were white racists monsters who shot an innocent black man who was merely reading a book. These reports sparked riots that have now raged in the city for two nights.
And it was all a lie. Keith Lamont Scott was not reading a book. He was brandishing a gun. He was not acting innocently. He was acting in a threatening manner toward a police officer, who by the way was black, and as a result, the officer made the perfectly reasonable and by-the-book decision to protect his own life by taking Scott down.
It is terrible that Scott died, and the officers on the scene acted heroically to try to save him. But this is the farthest thing that something can be from the media's favored racist-white-cops-kill-innocent-black-man scenario. Yet it's far too late. This notion was pushed early and often by the media and others with a vested interest in pushing the white-racist-cops narrative, and every one of the people who did this shares in the responsibility of having caused this riot.
And we can now add another irresponsible liar to share in that responsibility. I bet you can guess who it is:
