Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera on Thursday night accused activists and Black Lives Matter protestors of contributing to “the decline” of the civil rights movement in America.
“I believe the Freddie Gray case will mark the decline into irrelevancy of the modern civil rights movement,” Rivera said during an appearance on the show “Hannity.”
His take came the same day that Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that a grand jury indicted all six officers charged in connection to the death of Gray, who died from injuries he sustained while in police custody.
“It seems that they are only interested — black lives matter, black lives matter, only when they’re killed by cops, particularly white cops,” Rivera said.
“Where is the outrage of the 100 Baltimore citizens who’ve been shot dead this year?” he asked. “There is none.”
Rivera — who earlier this year declared that “nobody can out-street me” — was outspoken during his time on the ground in Baltimore during the unrest last month.
In April, he confronted state Senate Majority Leader Catherine Pugh (D), and stood face to face with a protestor who took him to task for his coverage.
“You’re here for the black riots, you’re not here for the death of Freddie Gray,” the young man shouted at Rivera.
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This is exactly what the man who got in your face wanted you to know while you sat there and GRINNED LIKE A STUPID MOTHERFUCKER. FUCK YOU GERALDO.
And as we all know, Geraldo is right about everything.
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Well, if there’s ANYONE who would know about declining into irrelevancy…
“Where is the outrage of the 100 Baltimore citizens who’ve been shot dead this year?” Geraldo asked. “There is none.”
Well, I’ll ask you the same question, Mr. Rivera: Where was your outrage of the 100 Baltimore citizens who’ve been shot dead this year? Where was FOX Entertainment’s reporting on the subject?
You people are the mass media–Number One in cable news, I’m told–but if your viewers never see any reporting (you know, all fair and balanced-like), how can there be any outrage?
It isn’t so much that the outrage isn’t there…but like back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, the outrage wasn’t seen because the news outlets weren’t covering it. Basically, they want Civil Rights Groups to go away…and they don’t.