US Capitol Police chief rips into Tucker Carlson over 'offensive' use of January 6 footage - CNNPolitics
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By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Updated 12:06 PM EST, Tue March 07, 2023
(CNN) US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his commentary about footage from the January 6, 2021, insurrection that he aired Monday night, saying the host "cherry-picked" from the footage to present "offensive" and "misleading" conclusions about the attack.
"Last night an opinion program aired commentary that was filled with offensive and misleading conclusions about the January 6 attack," Manger wrote in an internal department memo obtained by CNN, adding that Carlson's show didn't reach out to the police department "to provide accurate context."
"The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video. The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments," Manger said.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Carlson access to more than 40,000 hours of the Capitol security footage from January 6. Carlson, who used the footage in an attempt to downplay the violence and defend the pro-Trump mob, claimed he checked with Capitol Police before airing the footage.
What to know about the Tucker Carlson January 6 footage
The Capitol Police has continuously warned that release of all security footage from the Capitol could pose a potential security risk for the building. CNN has reached out to Capitol Police for comment.
CNN and other news organizations have also requested access to the security footage. McCarthy's office said it is still working out the process to make the footage "more widely available" but did not comment further.
In the memo, Manger specifically called out Carlson's decision to air never-before-seen surveillance footage that he said showed USCP officer Brian Sicknick, who died one day after the January 6 insurrection. Carlson said he focused on this because Democrats have turned Sicknick into a "prop" and a "martyr" by overstating the links between his death and the insurrection.
Carlson used the new video to try to undermine the known facts surrounding Sicknick's death, and to argue that January 6 was less violent and "deadly" than it has been portrayed.
"Finally, the most disturbing accusation from last night was that our late friend and colleague Brian Sicknick's death had nothing to do with his heroic actions on January 6," Manger wrote. "The Department maintains, as anyone with common sense would, that had Officer Sicknick not fought valiantly for hours on the day he was violently assaulted, Officer Sicknick would not have died the next day."
The chief also heaped praise on his force for their work defending the Capitol the day of the attack, writing: "You fought like hell on January 6 and risked your lives to protect the Constitution and everything this country stands for. You, along with our law enforcement partners, saved every member of Congress and their staff."
According to the Justice Department, 140 officers were assaulted at the Capitol that day, including 60 Metropolitan Police officers and 80 USCP officers.
This story had been updated with additional details.
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All they have jbb is projection, deflection, and denial jbb,
They are the ones assaulting Democracy.
You need to post that meme of the cat and dog getting it on - the one that pissed off a former member so much - LOL
That meme would be most accurate if the one in the front is an already taxidermized fox...
And gee, with nobody else having the footage, nobody else can counter it. Just like McCarthy planned.
I think these guys could teach Goebbels a few things about proproganda
The web is chock full of videos of what happened on 1-6 taken by the insurgents themselves.
Anybody who cares to watch the insurgency unfold can watch from speeches to carnage.
One can even find premeditated communiqués from the Proud Boys and other fringe fascists.
Meaningless without access to tucker's footage. He is trying to show specific examples to downplay the violence, without being able to show the full video clip in context, you cannot effectively counter his propaganda.
Officer Sicknick was also sprayed twice with some kind of chemical spray by these scum. That couldn't have played a role in is death I'm sure
You would be correct....................kudos
These scum also sprayed bear spray on one or more of the officers that day - that could have been what the scum sprayed on Sicknick.
And.........................none of that was mentioned in the autopsy. Fail.
I carry a can of bear spray in my truck.
It is designed to hit and stop a bear at 15 feet.
Used against a human at a 1 foot range it is easily lethal.
Complete and utter bullshit.
Bear spray isn’t dangerous in the sense that it can be fatal.
Can Bear Spray Kill a Human? – Outdoor Know How
In normal situations bear spray will not kill a human, although it will be incredibly uncomfortable or even painful and can do severe damage. However, for people with asthma, compromised lungs, or breathing problems, a high dosage could cause a fatal reaction. For healthy individuals, this is extremely unlikely.
Can Bear Spray Kill a Human? – OutdoorMeta
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One of the men that assaulted Officer Sicknick, Julian Khater, pled guilty to two counts of assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon.
He will serve six and a half years, pay a $12,000 fine/restitution and three additional years of supervised release. He's lucky he wasn't shot.
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OMG but at the same time - LOL!
Much like the J6 Shit Show.
Nope!
One and same Tucker Carlson that lied, along with the other Fox News dumbos ya think he would misleading colclusions?
Follow the sheeple to the right.