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MSNBC Guest: Sorry I'm Not 'Woke' Enough To Approve Attacking Cops
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 04/03/2021 12:58:43 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

You know the left is on the verge when someone who's a progressive activist, a Bernie Sanders supporter, and an outspoken opponent of "white privilege" has to apologize for not being "woke" enough to approve the prospect of civilians attacking police! Yet that's precisely what happened on MSNBC this morning.

The George Floyd case has sparked a debate in some quarters over the right of onlookers to "intervene" if they believe a police officer is "murdering" someone. In essence, the question is whether people can attack a cop if they believe the cop is unjustly harming someone else.

On her MSNBC show today, Tiffany Cross expressed the desire in such circumstances to "knock" the police officer off the suspect, regretting that the law apparently wouldn't permit it. Cross asked her guest, Gyasi Ross, a Native American lawyer, whether there was something that could be done.

Ross replied that as a lawyer, he cannot encourage people to do something that is "patently" illegal, and then added this: "That's an unfortunate truth, Tiffany. I really would like to say something more woke."

Ross prefaced his remarks by saying he had been "terrified" of being asked the question that Cross raised. In other words, Ross was afraid of having his lack of sufficient wokeness exposed on live, liberal TV!

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1 posted on 04/03/2021 12:58:43 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Do you think any of those clowns ever did an honest day’s work in their lives?


2 posted on 04/03/2021 1:07:51 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So then, these people think you should intervene when police are arresting someone? We ordinary people, supposedly have enough foresight and knowledge of what’s happening to diagnose the situation, and start a physical confrontation with a police officer?

Are these people for real?


3 posted on 04/03/2021 1:32:00 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Well put. Along similar lines, the article said that these people are proposing that civilians should be the judge, jury and potential executioners of the police. This, without possibly knowing all the facts of the situation.


4 posted on 04/03/2021 1:38:55 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Sounds to me like he was saying that he actually was in agreement with her but couldn't say so publicly without risking his license.

He's just as "woke" as she is.

5 posted on 04/03/2021 1:54:22 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I don’t know about these folks, but I know a free man can.


6 posted on 04/03/2021 2:08:27 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

That’s the way I read it.


7 posted on 04/03/2021 2:17:00 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

black lawyer and MSNBC guest,Elie Mystal has advocated letting black murderers off if they have killed a white person..He wants jury nullification for blacks....


8 posted on 04/03/2021 2:32:13 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

For me to interfere with an arrest or cop action he’d have to be so far off the rails there is no doubt and conscience would not allow me to hold back. I just don’t see anyone being that far gone. These are emotional cop haters who never doubt their moral superiority.


9 posted on 04/03/2021 2:57:55 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
In essence, the question is whether people can attack a cop if they believe the cop is unjustly harming someone else.

Sounds like a great way to get shot dead.

10 posted on 04/03/2021 3:23:47 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Fido969
Do you think any of those clowns ever did an honest day's work in their lives?

No, they look like the types that shove stuff in their pockets then stroll out of the store without a bit of a guilty conscious. Anyone who's ever worked in retail knows all about that.

Sorry... Too real?

11 posted on 04/03/2021 3:29:53 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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