Following reports about the Ferguson, Missouri police officers who were wounded by gunfire last week, Fox News and other conservative media outlets immediately began demanding accountability for the assault from the criminal perpetrators, whom they identified as President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. They described Ferguson protesters as "government-sanctioned mobs" with a bloodlust against cops, and charged that Obama and Holder were "Chief among those [to] blame for fomenting an environment like this."
Setting aside the deranged attempt to link the White House with a crime in a St. Louis suburb, the allegators™ at Fox had no evidence that the shooter was even associated with the protesters. The lawyer for the suspect, now in custody, says that his client had been involved in a dispute unrelated to the protests and was not aiming at the officers when he fired. The fact that he was shooting a pistol more than 120 yards from the police line gives credence to that claim. Will Fox News apologize to the President for their unwarranted accusations?
An article in the New York Post today may shed some light on the assertions that citizens peacefully protesting discrimination are covertly engaging in anti-cop violence. The article reveals an alleged plot by right-wing activist James O'Keefe to frame protesters for inciting violence. The article's source is a top O'Keefe staffer who was fired for refusing to participate in the unethical scheme. From the Post:
"[Richard] Valdes said [O'Keefe's organization, Project] Veritas assigned a Muslim undercover agent pretending to be anti-cop to attend protest meetings and utter the following statement: 'Sometimes, I wish I could just kill some of these cops. Don’t you just wish we could have one of the cops right here in the middle of our group?'"
When the prospective mole refused to go along, O'Keefe fired Valdez for "being unwilling to strong-arm the guy to do his dirty work."
This incident brings into question previous allegations of anti-cop sentiments among the protesters. A few weeks ago Fox News heavily promoted a video that allegedly showed a splinter group of protesters in New York chanting that they wanted "dead cops." There was never any attempt to identify those people or establish their connection to the main group of protesters. Might they have been a parade of O'Keefe flunkies trying to create a false narrative?
O'Keefe is no stranger to fabricating events that advance his dishonest and partisan agenda. His prior exploits have resulted in his arrest and conviction for unlawful acts in the office of a U.S. senator, a $100,000 judgement against him for defaming a former ACORN lawyer, and a sleazy plot to seduce a CNN reporter aboard his "Love Boat."i must admit every supposed event reported by Fox i have always suspected a set up i reframed from writing because i didn't want to write something i couldn't prove even a suggestion of would have inspired me to jump in. we must demand of our news people to push rebuttal like they push the lies that goes for both kinds of major outlets especially since NBC/COMCAST has gone all right wing crazy on us. we too need to talk to those we know or engage in discourse i strongly suggest researching a topic that interest you before engaging, just the one or ones you are interested in, if it comes up that the subject is something you don't really know say that, better to be honest than speak of that you don't have a clue about example Fox. think about what you say and think about them when exposed.
it's your world too don't you want some input into your future?
