Friday, November 27, 2015

Megyn Kelly Segment Comes to a Dead Halt When She Notices What One Protester Is Doing To a Cop   By

When 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot and killed by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October of 2014, much of the incident was recorded by the dashcam of a fellow officer’s police cruiser.
On Tuesday – just after Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting – the city of Chicago released a 7-minute portion of that footage, which officials stated was likely to spark protests.
Fox News’ Megyn Kelly was covering live footage of the protests on “The Kelly File” when she called her guests’ attention to this “extraordinary moment”:

Image Credit: Screenshot/YouTube
Image Credit: Screenshot/YouTube
 
An argument kicked off between Kelly and talk show host Richard Fowler after one of Kelly’s guests, former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, explained that the stare-down was a case of someone who is simply looking to “instigate” the situation.
Fowler said the individual was staging a “silent protest” and simply exercising his First Amendment rights, prompting Kelly to respond:
“This is a cop out there accused of doing nothing wrong, trying to keep the peace…
It’s not a question of what his constitutional rights are. It’s a question of what’s appropriate.”
Fowler argued:
“And I see nothing wrong with this. I think what is inappropriate is this prosecutor took 13 months to prosecute this individual when this police officer had 18 different complaints against him from citizens of Chicago.”
While the protests are said to have been “largely peaceful,” a police spokesman noted that there were “five arrests related to resisting arrest and assaulting police officers.”
With those in the media claiming that “Chicago is on the tipping point” and that the video “could tear Chicago apart,” hopefully things will remain peaceful and the city can come forward united from this tragedy.

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