Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday said that while the white Texas police officer who threw a black, teenage girl to the ground on Friday was “brutal,” she said that the girl was not properly following the officer’s orders.
McKinney police police corporal Eric Casebolt was placed on administrative leave this weekend after a video showed him throwing a teenage girl, Dajerria Becton, to the ground and drawing his weapon to chase other pool party attendees. Police said officers were responding to a “disturbance” at a community pool in McKinney, Texas.
“I’m sure he didn’t know she was 14 at the time,” Kelly said on Monday night during “The Kelly File.” “Maybe he did, we can’t assume it. But now we know, and she looked like a young woman. It’s brutal.”
“And now people have made this into a race thing. Are we there yet?” Kelly asked one of her guests, radio host Richard Fowler.
“Race aside, Megyn, I think to watch a woman being handled like that by a guy who’s two times her size made me totally sick to my stomach,” Fowler said.
He said that many of the teens likely ran from the cops because they “are used to seeing police brutalizing young African-American men.” Fowler noted that Becton repeatedly asked for someone to call her mother.
“The girl was no saint, either,” Kelly responded. “He had told her to leave, and she continued to linger. When the cop tells you to leave, get out. I’m not defending his actions. Let me make that clear.”
Becton told Fox 4 News in Dallas-Fort Worth that the officer told her to keep walking and that she was following his orders just before he grabbed her arm and slammed her onto the ground.
“And then I’m guessing he thought we were saying rude stuff to him,” Becton said.
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Oh, but Megyn Kelly is certainly a saint…what a woman. Too bad she is captive to a conservative philosophy that can’t make her see straight.
Booooooooooooooo…
Kelly, descending further into the depths of Hell! What egregious Pub taking point won’t she defend now?
Methinks that Dante’s Inferno needs to add another and lower ring: one reserved for blond Foxbots that will do and say anything to defend the indefensible, all in the name of ratings.
It’s true: most of the official Saints® were White European Males. Can’t remember a single one of 'em who was a black bikini-clad teenage girl.
With apologies to Godwin, Megyn Kelly would have been a hoot at the Nuremberg Trials.
The young woman’s behavior is not at issue here. She is not a representative of the State, empowered to deprive citizens of life and liberty. Rather than deescalate the situation, the officer made things worse by screaming, running around, and, most importantly, pulling a gun. You never pull a weapon unless you intend to use it. Period. So, the officer thought it would be appropriate to shoot a teenager for moving too slowly to his command or for talking back. Or was it for bring uppity? There was no physical threat to the officer or anyone else; just a bunch of kids acting like… kids. If you look at the full video you will see that he handcuffed some young black men for running away and handcuffed her for not running away. He was out of control and has no business carrying a weapon. I guarantee that if that had been a white teenager thrown to the ground, Megyn would never had uttered the words she “Was No Saint.”