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CNN's Don Lemon and Wisconsin Sheriff David Clarke got into it tonight on Lemon's program over BLM and it's claims of police abuse. Lemon was addressing the conciliatory/let's work together attitude that so many had leaders were stating in the media. He asked Clarke what message he would like to add.
Clarke was quite for a moment that said, "You don't beleive that, do you?" Lemon surprised responded, "Yes." Clarked asked Lemon if there had been any riots or protests today over the killing of cops in Baton Rouge and Dallas. Lemon said he didn't follow. The others had a message of peace what message did Clark have. Clark said that hate filled message of BLM had started two years ago and that he (Clarke) had predicated the problems that developed from that hate message.
Clarke stressed that the killing/war on police has to stop. Lemon tried to talk him into a conciliatory message but Clarke wasn't biting. He again was quite for a moment, then looked directly at Lemon with his jaw set. In firm tone of voice Clarke noted that BLM was built on a lie and had been since Ferguson with the now disproved "Hands Up. Don't Shoot" slogan.
Lemon asked how Clarke could deny the statistics that show widespread police abuse. Clarke challenged those statistics. Lemon asked him how he could deny those stats. Clarke claimed the stats were not well defined as to the circumstances of arrests, etc. When Lemon again took up the police abuse gauntlet, Clarke turned the tables and challenged Lemon to prove that there was a pattern of nationwide abuse. Lemon hemmed that this was a national show and he was a professional and didn't have to justify himself and he wasn't going to argue with Clarke. Lemon called for a commercial break and the screen faded to black.
I found Lemon's dodge interesting as about a half hour earlier I had watched him and a 3 member panel discussing conciliation and police/community interaction. One of the panel members former NYC Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik took issue with Lemon over "facts" Lemon referred to generally but never stated. Kerik strongly disagreed with Lemon. Lemon took the same I'm a professional journalist tact with Kerik.
With Kerik it worked, he backed down. Clarke didn't.
Wisconsin sheriff on recent shootings: I predicted this - CNN Video
Sheriff Clarke is a beacon of hope. He is the type of person that should be the Time Magazine Person of the Year.
You want to get rid of racism of any kind in this country, look no further than Sheriff Clarke.
