Don Lemon
CNN television news reporter Don Lemon is reporting,
while attending protests in Ferguson, Missouri, regarding the police
murder of 18-year-old unarmed, university bound student, Michael
Brown, he and his television producer heard the National Guard refer
to protestors as "n*ggers." The National Guard attempting to corral
peaceful protestors, exercising their constitutional right to
assemble (freedom of assembly) called the crowd "n*ggers" when they
would not disburse and go home.
What was that? Was that really necessary calling
people n*ggers? And some wonder why people believe Brown's murder
was racial profiling and racially motivated. Explain that! The
National Guard brought race into it confirming people's worst
suspicions. Some want the case to quickly go away, but there are
issues that need to be discussed to prevent this from happening
again. It needs to be formally brought out in the open in
appropriate venues, so there can be peaceful dialogue with
meaningful answers and effective solutions. Racial unity is needed.
STORY SOURCE
CNN’s Don Lemon: National Guard Used ‘N-Word’ to Describe
Ferguson Protesters
10:55 pm, August 19th, 2014 - CNN’s Don Lemon was
back in the CNN studio Tuesday night after several days on the
ground in Ferguson, Missouri. The anchor was hosting a town hall
called “Black and White in America,” when one questioner asked what
“safeguards” police departments could put in place to prevent
shootings like the one that killed Michael Brown in the future.
When one of Lemon’s panelists brought up the idea of
putting cameras on officers to make them more accountable, Lemon
said that measure might also affect the types of people who decide
to become cops...He then shared this story from his time in Ferguson
last night:
“I’m just going to be honest with you. Last night,
one of my producers said that they — I won’t say if it’s a he or
she, because I don’t want to give anyone away — said they came in
contact with one of the members of the National Guard and that they
said, ‘You want to get out of here because you’re white, because
these n-words, you never know what they’re going to do.’ True
story. I kid you not. 2014, a member of the National Guard. And my
producer doesn’t lie. It is a true story.” Watch video below, via
CNN...
