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Pat Robertson Calls Out Police Violence Against Innocent Black Men in Surprisingly Relatable Rant

Pat Robertson Calls Out Police Violence Against Innocent Black Men in Surprisingly Relatable Rant
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Last summer in Minnesota, the murder of George Floyd by Officer Derek Chauvin sparked nationwide protests against racist police brutality and heightened even more the urgency of the United States' centuries-long reckoning with the way it treats its non-white inhabitants.

Earlier this month in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota—only miles away from where Chauvin's trial is occurring—Daunte Wright, a 20 year old father, was murdered by Officer Kim Potter during a traffic stop. Potter, who resigned and has since been charged with second degree manslaughter—claims she mistook her gun for her taser.


Wright's murder was met with widespread outcry and, like Floyd's death, prompted protests across the nation, calling for an end to police brutality and for an overhaul of the current system of law enforcement.

On his show, infamously conservative televangelist Pat Robertson reacted to the news.

To everyone's surprise, even Robertson called on police to make improvements and railed against the officers who committed the murders.

Watch below.

After demonstrating the absurdity of confusing a taser for a firearm, Robertson said:

"You know, I am pro-police, folks. I think we need the police, we need their service, and they do a good job, but if they don't stop this onslaught, they cannot do this."

He proceeded to comment on Chauvin's trial, which is in its third week.

"And the thing that's going on in Minnesota about that Derek Chauvin — I mean, they ought to put him under the jail, he has caused so much trouble by kneeling on the death of George Floyd, I mean on his neck — it's just terrible what's happening."

His diatribe caught people off guard.






Others encouraged more scrutiny of Robertson's comments.



Shortly after Robertson's comments, Chicago police released bodycam footage of the murder of 13 year old Adam Toledo, who was killed by the police with his hands up.

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