As the nation still grapples with the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, CNN host Don Lemon told folks watching and listening to the networkโs town hall event about how his producer, who had a run-in with the National Guard, heard one of the officers call protesters โnโgers,โ Raw Story reports.
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Lemon was on a panel discussing the proposal to have all law-enforcement officers wear body cameras. Kevin Jackson, from the Black Sphere website, noted that people often modify their behavior when they know a camera is present. โIf thereโs a camera, [the officer] knows heโs got to check himself,โ Jackson explained. โAnd if you know an officer has a camera, you also have to check yourself.โ
Lemon also wondered if it would deter a certain โtype of personโ from looking for a job in the field and then recounted a story his producer told him to emphasize his point.
โLast night, one of my producers said that theyโI wonโt say if itโs a he or a she because I donโt want to give anyone awayโsaid that they came in contact with one of the members of the National Guard. And that they said, โYou want to get out of here because youโre white. Because these n-words, you know, you never know what theyโre going to do,โโ Lemon told the shocked audience.
โTrue story. I kid you not,โ he insisted. โ[In] 2014, a member of the National Guard, and my producer doesnโt lie.โ
Read more at the Raw Story.
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