Leading conservative talk radio host Mark Levin on Tuesday blasted the liberal media and President Obama’s team for the race riots in the wake of a St. Louis grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for the killing of a black teen.
In a new post on his Facebook page, Levin blamed the “lies” told about Officer Darren Wilson’s shooting of Michael Brown and said the whole event was Brown’s fault after he stole cigars from a local Ferguson, Mo., store in North St. Louis County.
Levin, the voice of Constitutional conservatives and the Tea Party, wrote:
Ferguson burns and violence has been unleashed thanks to the reckless liberal media, the lawless administration (especially Eric Holder) exploiting the shooting to smear police departments across the nation, phony civil rights demagogues, race-baiting politicians, and radical hate groups.
The lies about why and how Officer Darrin [sic] Wilson shot Michael Brown started on day one and never ended. The indisputable facts are that Brown was shot because he assaulted a police officer, attempted to take the officer’s pistol resulting in two close range gun shots in the police cruiser, and then turned around and charged the officer as he was being pursued. The entire event was precipitated by Brown earlier stealing cigars from a local store and assaulting the owner.
What we are witnessing now is the left’s war on the civil society. It’s time to speak out in defense of law enforcement and others trying to protect the community and uphold the rule law.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
