Besmirch? He had just committed a robbery minutes prior to his confrontation with the policeman. It puts into context his disproportionate, aggressive reaction to being stopped by him while walking in the middle of the street.
The information is relevant. And it should have had a calming effect on normal people. The Dems are angry because it hurt their narrative about a "Gentle Giant" who was gunned down by a racist cop.
Exactly. No matter what the cop knew or didn’t know, the thug knew he’d committed strong-arm robbery right before their paths crossed.
A nice summation.
Nixon is exactly what’s wrong with politics. A self serving hypocrite who leaps at political opportunism no matter the consequences. He’d no more live in a black neighborhood or sent brats to black public schools yet he’s out defending the worst of the worst.