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Darren Wilson’s Lack Of Remorse For Killing Michael Brown Makes Him Even More Loveable To Fox News

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on November 26, 2014 · Flag

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After Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was interviewed on ABC News, Fox’s Outnumbered hosts couldn’t seem to slobber over him enough. Not showing remorse for a killing? Why that just shows what honesty and integrity Wilson has. Shooting Michael Brown instead of tasering? Well, that’s like holding hands after going to third base in a relationship!

Co-host Andrea Tantaros set the tone for the discussion. She “asked” the show’s #OneLuckyGuy, Fox contributor Pete Hegseth, if maybe Wilson’s much-criticized lack of sorrow and regret wasn’t just standard media training for police officers.

No, Hegseth did not think Wilson had any media training, just a natural stoicism and bravery, apparently.

Hegseth continued, admiringly, “I think this is a man content with the decision that he made. …He’s right not to second guess (his decision). If he feared for his life and he believed these were the steps he needed to take to protect it, in light of what he understood and saw in that moment, you have to put yourself in that moment.”

Hegseth further claimed, “I know him” because he knows guys like Wilson. He just “wanted to do his job and wants to go about his life,” Hegseth added.

So Tantaros softened up Wilson’s image for him. “No police officer wants to shoot anybody,” she said. “I mean, look, his life is ruined. Darren Wilson’s life is ruined, his career is ruined. This is not a decision that he wanted to make.” Apparently, the fact that he ruined Michael Brown’s life and career and maybe those of his family wasn't worth factoring into the equation.

Co-host Kennedy agreed with Tantaros, saying that Wilson reminds her of her brother, a former cop. “That’s who I see when I watch this interview,” Kennedy said. However, she also suggested Wilson could have used a taser and/or mace instead of shooting. “He had a couple of tools in his arsenal before using deadly force,” she said.

That was of no interest to the hiked-up skirt brigade. And even Kennedy later walked it back with a heartless joke.

Co-host Melissa Francis said she watched the interview “from the perspective of a journalist.” Therefore, she concluded, “He doesn’t seem like he’s lying. You know, I mean you get that sixth sense as somebody who sits across from folks all the time that are in situations.”

Harris Faulkner, the lone African American, hit the “black people should love Wilson” talking point. She said that “what resonated” with her was Wilson saying he had a clean conscience and that he would have done the same thing had Brown been white. “What that tells me is that not only is he at peace with what he did but he acknowledges where we are right now.”

Faulkner further argued that Wilson’s lack of remorse was even more evidence that he's a great guy:

He’s meeting it with honesty. …and how do we know? Because most people lie to make themselves look good. This doesn’t make him look good. The fact that he had other options, maybe. I don’t know. But the fact that he would even bring any of that up.

Kennedy closed the segment by showing that the shooting death of an unarmed teen and the anguished rage in response is little more than a joke to Fox News. She said that once Wilson reached for his gun, there was no way for him to “go back” to a taser. “It’s like going back to holding hands once you’ve gone to third base in a relationship,” she quipped.

That drew appreciative titters all around.

You can watch the full interview with Wilson as well as the cheerleading from today's Outnumbered below.

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Dario Bard commented 2014-11-27 16:02:25 -0500 · Flag
The tone of this segment is so flippant that it’s hard to stomach when you consider they are talking about the death of a 19 year old.

“It’s like going back to holding hands once you’ve gone to third base in a relationship,” she quipped.

That drew appreciative titters all around.

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