Geraldo on Fox and Friends
(Via MTV News)
"If you follow Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera's logic, a gun didn't kill Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, a hoodie did. The outspoken Rivera raised lots of eyebrows--and drew fire from Roots drummer ?uestlove--after Friday morning's "Fox & Friends" broadcast when he suggested that the unarmed 17-year-old victim Martin may have been as much to blame as uncharged gunman George Zimmerman. Why?
"I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was," said Rivera, who went on to add that he believes "overzealous" Zimmerman should be investigated to the fullest extent of the law and prosecuted if he is found criminally liable.
But, Rivera said, Martin's hoodie was, in his mind, part of "an outfit that allowed someone to respond in this irrational, overzealous way."
....Quest wasn't buying it, later tweeting, "@GeraldoRivera no quite the opposite. This was a case of racial profiling. Drill into kids heads not to racially profile … Sorry @GeraldoRivera, what I gotta stroll around rocking a tux 24 7 so I can put others who are ignorant at ease? What about the OTHER side."
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