Merry Christmas, Gretchen
In case you were wondering just how
callously inhumane Fox "News" can be:
Today, a grand jury decided not to indict David Pantaleo, the police officer who killed Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold. Moments after the decision was announced, Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson expressed her deep concern about the outcome. Not concern that the police killed Garner, who was allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, without facing legal repercussions. But concern that anger over the decision could impact a “the tree lighting ceremony” scheduled for that evening at Rockefeller Center.
Because after all, how can anyone let yet another killing of an unarmed black man by white male police officers interfere with
holiday cheer?
“I certainly hope nothing’s going to happen in New York City today, and we’ve got the tree lighting ceremony,” she said, referring to the annual lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.
That some people might actually care about such
irrelevancies as yet another killing of an unarmed black man by white male police officers is like a whole new front in the
War on Christmas.
Carlson was joined by Fox legal analyst Arthur Aidala, who helpfully explained that the effect of the chokehold that killed Garner was similar to wearing a seatbelt.
See the video over the fold.