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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News: McKinney pool party incident is actually Obama's fault
It was only a matter of time. First, Bill OReilly claimed that the liberal media was fueling a growing disrespect for police officers. Then, Sean Hannity argued that the McKinney, Texas officer who pulled his gun on a group of black teenagers at a pool party was provoked. And then finally, this morning, Fox News resident psychoanalyst Dr. Keith Ablow laid the blame for this past weekends incident on President Barack Obama.
Asked by the Fox & Friends hosts Wednesday morning why he believes the McKinney confrontation became so out of control, Ablow reminisced about the good old days. You know, when I was a kid growing up, if a police officer showed up, you were quiet, you answered questions.
You did pretty much what you were told, he continued. Not so now. Things have shifted, and thats a shift encouraged by some leaders.
Egged on by Steve Doocy to explain what he meant by some leaders, Ablow stated, I dont think our president or our former attorney general did anything to help people out when they seemed to side with folks other than the police or, for that matter, the mayor of New York. So, these messages are very powerful. And theyre heard by young people who may think of it as a cause célèbre to sort of resist police officers.
So, in Ablows view, if President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder had defended the actions of police more over the last few months and years, then the McKinney officer would never have been forced to slam a young, bikini-clad girl to the ground and pull his firearm on the teens in the first place.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-dr-keith-ablow-somehow-blames-obama-for-mckinney-pool-party-incident/
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Fox News: McKinney pool party incident is actually Obama's fault (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2015
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qwlauren35
(6,150 posts)1. That is SO twisted.
I think people resist arrest because they are scared. Not because Obama encourages it.
I was definitely taught not to resist arrest. But I never thought that police would cause me bodily harm.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. The young lady ain't no saint; police officer feared for his life;
It's Pres O's fault . ..
Sounds familiar?
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)3. If anything, Repubs are to blame
After all, they have spent the past 6+ years telling America that it is OK to disrespect and ignore people in positions of leadership and authority. I doubt anyone on Fox will make that argument, though.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)4. Anti-police zealots? Like Cliven Bundy? Or the Bandidos?
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)5. The war on sanity ...
Hosted by Billo.
griffi94
(3,733 posts)6. it is president obamas fault
he had the gall to get elected....twice.....and he's black lol
Johonny
(20,889 posts)7. How often did a police officer show up in Bill's childhood neighborhood. I'm guessing never...
charges dropped, the officer resigned and the police force has not condoned the actions so is McKinney law enforcement wrong Bill or do you not know what the heck is going on anymore.