Geraldo on "everybody that ever stuck up a convenience store, the Unabomber, Trayvon Martin..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Geraldo Rivera Doubles Down On Trayvon Martin Hoodie Comments: 'Half Of It Is The Way The Young Men Look' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 03/24/2012 10:00 am Updated: 03/24/2012 11:25 am

Instant outrage, and a fair amount of ridicule, followed. Rivera admitted that his own son told him he was ashamed of him. But he stood staunchly behind his comments when speaking to O'Reilly. The two began talking about New York's controversial "stop and frisk" laws, which disproportionately affect people of color. Rivera said he supported the laws, and then brought up hoodies again.

"I'm telling you, half of it is the way the young men look," he said. "...If a cop looks at three kids on the corner, and they've got those hoodies up -- and this is where I got in trouble with the Trayvon Martin case -- if they've got those hoodies up, and they're hanging out on the corner, the cops look at them and say, 'Hmm, hoodies. Who else wears hoodies? Everybody that ever stuck up a convenience store, D.B. Cooper, the guy that hijacked a plane, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber...'"

O'Reilly said supportively that Rivera was merely trying to protect people.

"Parents, don't let your kids go out wearing these damn hoodies!" Rivera continued. He called the negative association with the clothing "repugnant" but said it was "reality."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/24/geraldo-rivera-trayvon-martin-hoodie-comments_n_1377014.htm

[BootinUp]

1. Thats Geraldo, always pushing the limits of obnoxiousness

[MichiganVote]

2. Yeah and they probably were wearing a gun too!

Let's see death by gun or death by hoodie. Hmmm...

[Enrique]

3. I predict he will end up admitting he was wrong

hell say sorry, I didnt think it through...

[Xipe Totec]

4. Try to look less black, in other words.

He still doesn't get it.

What a racist imbecile.

[Major Hogwash]

5. Rivera is braindead. It used to be our afros, then our shoes, now it's our damn hoodies.

Rivera's opinion on anything is totally worthless.
How the hell would he know what D.B. Cooper was wearing, they never found Cooper's body.

Maybe Rivera can go open another vault that Al Capone owned.

[Robb]

6. Geraldo, fuck you, you fucking fuck.

God in heaven he needs to shut up.

[Scuba]

12. +1

[On the Road]

7. "Don't Frisk Me, Bro!"

?

[monmouth]

8. When it gets cool down here I wear my ..... black...hoodie. Should I worry? This whole

hoodie discussion has gotten more stupid with each day. Isn't it time for Geraldo to retire or something?

[ZombieHorde]

9. The quote in the subject line and the quote in the article seem different to me.

Did you change the quote?

[Initech]

10. They're in full on Gran Torino mode at this point.

"GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!" and such.

[nobodyspecial]

11. He called the negative association with the clothing "repugnant" but said it was "reality."

You mean the negative association he is trying to perpetuate with this statement: Everybody that ever stuck up a convenience store, D.B. Cooper, the guy that hijacked a plane, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber...'"

And, what one earth did Trayvon have in common with ANY of these people?!?!? The only thing he was "guilty" of was being tardy for school -- hardly a "crime" deserving of the death penalty.

Geraldo is in serious need of a refresher in logic.

[fascisthunter]

13. Geraldo the rich punk ass