How long before a conservative says they found them guilty to avoid civil unrest?
Moments after a Minneapolis jury found Officer
Derek Chauvin guilty on three counts in the killing of
George Floyd, Fox News late night talk show host
Greg Gutfeld drew audible groans for his hot take in reaction.
What was it Gutfeld said that elicited an “oh my God” from
Dana Perino, “My goodness” from
Juan Williams, and polite but stern push back from
Judge Jeanine Pirro? Gutfeld expressed happiness that Chauvin was found guilty even if he wasn’t guilty because that kept people from looting.
“I’m glad that he was found guilty on all charges, even if he might not be guilty of all charges, I am glad that he is guilty of all charges because I want a verdict that keeps this country from going up in flames,” Gutfeld said.
Greg Gutfeld's Derek Chauvin Hot Take Draws Audible Groans (mediaite.com)
Tucker Carlson on Tuesday suggested that the jury in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was pushed to reach a guilty verdict by the possibility of further protests and civil unrest if there was an acquittal.
The Fox News host
opened his Tuesday edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” by commenting on the decision by the jury in the Chauvin trial to
find the former officer guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd.
Carlson began, “The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial came to a unanimous and unequivocal verdict Tuesday afternoon: ‘Please don’t hurt us.’ ”
“The jurors spoke for many in this country; everyone understood perfectly well the consequences of an acquittal in this case,” the conservative TV personality continued. “After nearly a year of burning, looting, and murder by BLM [Black Lives Matter], that was never in doubt.”
Tucker Carlson suggests Chauvin jurors intimidated by protests: 'Please don't hurt us' | TheHill