CNN’s #AskACop triggers anti-police backlash
At 10, #CopsUnderFire. We've gathered a police panel – what would you like to ask them? Send in your Q's w #AskACop pic.twitter.com/YQlCTCHzNZ
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) December 16, 2014
The Internet is an interesting place. There’s always a chance for a train wreck. CNN went to Twitter for questions to ask a panel of cops. I think we all know how this ended.
Pop quiz: are these guns? #AskACop pic.twitter.com/WherY2PbHx
— Jane Belfry (@janemagnitude) December 17, 2014
#Askacop I have a math question: if 1 Black man has zero guns, zero knives and 2 hands, how many bullets does it take to disarm him?
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) December 17, 2014
@cnn got both hands on the keyboard…cool if i reach for the remote? #askacop
— Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) December 17, 2014
Doesn’t it bother you, even a little, that so many of your colleagues keep getting away with murdering unarmed black people? #AskACop
— Simon V-L (@simonwilliam) December 17, 2014
#AskACop is a hot dog a sandwich, and whats the deal with the institutionalized racism
— D.Ecember 25th (@DougExeter) December 17, 2014
The campaign wasn’t a total disaster. Some offered thought provoking questions:
Why are the fabled “good cops” so silent on the issue of rogue killer cops? #AskACop
— Joshua Mensah (@jpkm_) December 17, 2014
I wanted to #AskACop why there seems to be so much of an aversion to body cameras…
— Shayne I. (@darker_wes) December 17, 2014
#AskACop why St. Louis Police Union spokesperson, Jeff Roorda, was fired as a police officer for falsifying reports then hired by them
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 17, 2014
#AskACop why the Cleveland PD hired Tim Loehman when his previous force said this about him before he killed Tamir. pic.twitter.com/7vbCRmbPdi
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 17, 2014
Y’all, please shut down #AskACop. Ask for facts and an explanation of why we’re being executed by the police. pic.twitter.com/gygukiJXty
— deray mckesson (@deray) December 17, 2014
Others defended the police:
#AskACop Thank you for your civil service.
— Lance Bono Tedford (@Dj_Toaster) December 17, 2014
@OutFrontCNN @CNN #AskACop I would like to thankyou for risking your life daily to protect me!! Much Respect!!!
— HUSKER-LOBO (@huskerwolfe) December 17, 2014
I find it hard to believe CNN didn’t think a majority of the questions would be from people who are sick and tired of police brutality. I’m guessing that was their plan all along.
Comedy gold.
Source: CNN
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: December 17, 2014 at 2:04 pm | by Ryan
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