Posted on 03/13/2015 6:52:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said officer Darren Wilson should be “commended” for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, last August in Ferguson, Missouri.
“A man committed a robbery, attempted to assault a police officer, and the police officer, to save his life, shot him,” Giuliani told Fox News on Thursday. “The police officer did his duty. The police officer should be commended for what he did. He did exactly what you should do.”
Wilson was cleared of any charges by a local grand jury last fall. The Justice Department last week released a report on his shooting of Brown and said that it did not have sufficient evidence to try Wilson for civil rights violations. Wilson resigned from the force in November.
Giuliani spoke at length during the interview about his belief that Ferguson had been overtaken by an “atmosphere of unbalance” since Brown’s shooting. He said that this atmosphere has been perpetuated by comments from members of the Obama administration, as well as the Justice Department’s scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department, released last week.
This atmosphere, Giuliani continued, led to the shooting early Thursday of two Ferguson police officers, both of whom are now recovering.
The New York Republican claimed that the report is “an allegation” and that there is “no proof yet” that its findings are true.
The Justice Department, in a statement upon the report’s release, said it reviewed 35,000 pages of police records and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with officers and people in the community for the investigation.
The report found that though African-Americans make up 67 percent of Ferguson’s population, they are the subject of 85 percent of vehicle stops and 93 percent of arrests. In addition, the investigation stated that police are far more likely to use force on African-Americans than on whites.
In the wake of Thursday’s shootings, Giuliani defended the Ferguson police, claiming that they were out in harm’s way Wednesday night to protect local businesses “because the people were rioting.”
“Had there been no rioting last night,” said Giuliani, “this wouldn’t have happened.”
#BlueLivesMatter trending following Ferguson violence
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/03/12/ferguson-police-shot-twitter-bluelivesmatter/70199318/
Nice to see the St Louis County prosecutor on the news tonight pushing back on the idiots and their false narratives.
Is Rudy gunning for president?
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Cruz or Walker’s attorney general?
i was semi-sarc on this, but damn, wouldn’t you like to hear this from someone who IS running? We get crickets and apologetics instead.
Might be a good match.
Michael Brown was a thug and got what he asked for.
[Whether that means that he wants to run for president remains to be seen,]
Rudy would make a fine AG
If this keeps up, I might have to write Rudy in for 2016
I'm thinking he's running for vice president. And I think he'll get it.
I will support
Cruz-Giuliani 2016
Bolton Sec of State
Gowdy Atty Gen
It’s nice to see some Republicans having some spine and stating the truth about some situations. Refreshing actually.
“Rudy would make a fine AG”
Huh?
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