Fox News anchor Jeanine Pirro said during her show on Sunday she agrees with the idea that the public needs to be “trained” to be more “sensitive” to police.
The comment came as Pirro, the host of “Justice With Judge Jeanine,” read off responses to a question she’d asked viewers earlier. The question alluded to the ongoing unrest over recent grand jury decisions in the cases of white cops who were cleared in the killings of unarmed black men.
Pirro asked her viewers: “Do police need to be retrained on how to be sensitive to the ‘minority community?'”
She then read a response she received from one viewer:
“No enough is enough,” the viewer wrote. “The general public needs to be trained to be more sensitive to the police and show them the respect they deserve.”
Pirro responded to the viewer simply: “I agree.”
Another viewer responded with an opposing view.
“Sure do,” the viewer wrote. “I seriously doubt this man would have been treated so harsh if he were white.”
But Pirro disagreed.
“You’re wrong,” Pirro said. “Did you notice the African American cop standing around?”
Watch the video below, courtesy of Raw Story:
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Correction: This post has been updated to make it clear Pirro was agreeing with a comment about the public in general, and not minorities.
