Giuliani stirs racial divide on 'Face The Nation'
On 'Face The Nation' Sunday, NYC Police Commissioner Bill Brattan gave a finely nuanced examination of the racial divide over minority protests of police profiling, balancing the need to end excessive force and improve community policing, while wholeheartedly supporting the police. Sadly, host Major Garrett then turned the mike over to former mayor Rudy Giuliani, who stoked the racial divide with a grin and a gleam in his eye... with this nugget of hate:
"We've had four months of propaganda starting with the president that everybody should hate the police."
Rampaging Rudy then launched a five minute tirade against President Obama and NYC mayor Bill di Blasio, claiming America's racial problem stems from their involvement with support for police reform and peaceful protest. Giuliani's worldview never even hints of a problem the minority community might have with excessive police force and senseless deaths of unarmed men, some due to incompetence and/or malice. Giuliani then raised the stakes by demanding over and over that Mayor di Blasio apologize to NYC police for "appearing" to support the protesters over the police. I listened to di Blasio's compassionate speech after the Grand Jury decision not to indict police in the choking death of Eric Garner, in which he movingly reached out to the minority community, invoking the fear he bears over the safety of his bi-racial son, without a scintilla of disrespect for police. His remarks were couched around the concept of reform that can legitimately be advanced by peaceful involvement in the public debate. It's quite possible de Blasio's words and deeds did much to prevent New York from experiencing the violent protests that marred the Ferguson, MO. Grand Jury decision, made in the dead of night by a tone deaf prosecuting attorney. When host Garrett thanked him for appearing, Giuliani, in his version of tone deafness, laughed.
Every time Giuliani made one of his inflammatory, unhelpful remarks, host Garrett could only utter "Interesting." It would have been more appropriate for him to respond, "Disgusting." Better yet, 'Face The Nation' and every other responsible media outlet should let Giuliani spew his hate only in private.
Rampaging Rudy then launched a five minute tirade against President Obama and NYC mayor Bill di Blasio, claiming America's racial problem stems from their involvement with support for police reform and peaceful protest. Giuliani's worldview never even hints of a problem the minority community might have with excessive police force and senseless deaths of unarmed men, some due to incompetence and/or malice. Giuliani then raised the stakes by demanding over and over that Mayor di Blasio apologize to NYC police for "appearing" to support the protesters over the police. I listened to di Blasio's compassionate speech after the Grand Jury decision not to indict police in the choking death of Eric Garner, in which he movingly reached out to the minority community, invoking the fear he bears over the safety of his bi-racial son, without a scintilla of disrespect for police. His remarks were couched around the concept of reform that can legitimately be advanced by peaceful involvement in the public debate. It's quite possible de Blasio's words and deeds did much to prevent New York from experiencing the violent protests that marred the Ferguson, MO. Grand Jury decision, made in the dead of night by a tone deaf prosecuting attorney. When host Garrett thanked him for appearing, Giuliani, in his version of tone deafness, laughed.
Every time Giuliani made one of his inflammatory, unhelpful remarks, host Garrett could only utter "Interesting." It would have been more appropriate for him to respond, "Disgusting." Better yet, 'Face The Nation' and every other responsible media outlet should let Giuliani spew his hate only in private.
posted by Walt Zlotow at 12:45 PM
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