Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the widow of Eric Garner, Esaw Garner, said his death at the hands of law enforcement was “not a black or white thing.” Mrs. Garner said, “I feel that he was murdered unjustly. I
On “Fox News Sunday,” conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said “grievance politics” is “tearing the country apart,” and that President Barack Obama is “promoting the division.” Limbaugh said, “A grievance politics in this country that’s tearing the country
Sunday on CNN’s “State of The Union,” President George W. Bush told host Candy Crowley that his brother Jeb would beat his “sister-in-Law,” Hillary in an 2016 presidential head to head. Crowley asked, “You’ve often referred to Bill Clinton and
In a preview of his BET interview released Sunday, President Barack Obama said racism is “deeply rooted” in the United States. Obama said, “This is something that is deeply rooted in our society, it’s deeply rooted in our history.” adding,
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) said that he was “insulted” by comments on racial profiling by police officers made “out of line” Attorney General Eric Holder on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. “He’s [Holder]
Brian Willingham, a police officer in Flint, MI, pastor, and author said that it was “fair” to say police officers sometimes care more about protecting each other than the public and that most cops “tend to shy away” from criticizing
The discussion initially focused on the Garner case, with Jost going over details of the crime while Che attempted to rationalize the verdict with claims like “it’s not like there was video,” or “Garner shouldn’t have killed all those” people
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” joked that the Eric Garner case marked the first time people have agreed with Al Sharpton. The sketch, a mock-up of Sharpton’s MSNBC show “PoliticsNation” began with Sharpton’s character saying (with numerous pronunciation errors throughout) he
On Saturday, Judge Jeanine Pirro, host of the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” railed against President Obama for “fan[ing] the flames of resentment” and “tak[ing] sides based not on facts, but on color” for his rhetoric in the
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) hung up on WGSO’s “Ringside Politics” host Jeff Crouere on Friday after a contentious interview. After Landrieu was asked about voter fraud claims made by Republican State Senator Elbert Guillory, she responded “Elbert Guillory is a
Columnist Pat Buchanan argued that the left was “waging a war on cops” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “What is developing here is basically a real social, cultural, political collision between police, who are being charged with being racist white cops
On her Saturday broadcast, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry argued that although she did not condone the arson and looting following the St. Louis grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown
On Friday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews speculated on the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination and predicted former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 GOP nominee for president, would once again receive the party’s nomination despite the
Howard Kurtz, Fox News Media Analyst and host of “MediaBuzz,” argued that certain liberal commentators were trying to conflate the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases “in order to push an agenda” despite the fact that the two “are so
President Obama declared that “the typical family isn’t bringing home more than they did 15 years ago. And that still has to change” while touting “good news” on the economy in his Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript as follows: “Hi,
Reps. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Pete Sessions (R-TX) promoted the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act during the GOP’s Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as follows: House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris
Friday on CNN’s “This Hour With Berman and Michaela,” civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said law enforcement is committing “acts of terror against black men.” Addressing the protest surrounding the deaths at the hand of law enforcement officers of Michael Brown
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record With Greta van Susteren,” San Bernardino, CA District Attorney Mike Ramos took Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart to task accusing him of getting his facts totally wrong when on
Talk radio host Laura Ingraham railed against the Republican Party’s reaction to the president’s executive action on immigration on Friday, wondering “what is the point of even having a Republican Congress?” She began by stating “call up Pete Sessions’ (R-TX)
Friday at the White House press briefing when questioned by Fox News Channel’s chief White House correspondent Ed Henry, press secretary Josh Earnest refused to deny recent reports about classified meeting between the State Department and the White House where
On Thursday “Inside the NBA” on TNT, panelists Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith discussed the issues of Garner, race and Ferguson in light of Barkley’s recent remarks on police and accusations of police brutality motivated by race. During that discussion,
This Week on Fox News Radio’s “The John Gibson Show,” the Leader of the New Black Panther Nation Quanell X debated the recent controversies over a Cleveland police officer fatally shooting 12-year-old Tamir Rice, and the Eric Garner and Michael
Fox News Channel Media Analyst and “MediaBuzz” host Howard Kurtz said that Rolling Stone “brushed away” important questions about and “stubbornly stood by” its story on a rape on the University of Virginia’s campus on Friday’s “Happening Now.” After hearing
NBC News Political Director and Host of “Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd predicted that there will not be a government shutdown in part because “[Speaker] John Boehner (R-OH) has got more control of this conference than ever before” on Friday’s
CNN posted a preview an interview that will air on Sunday on “State of the Union” where host Candy Crowley sat down with the former President George W. Bush. In the clip the former commander-in-chief said it was “hard to understand,” why the grand
