Don Lemon: National Guard Member in Ferguson Called Protesters the N-Word

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 networkโ€™s town hall event about how his producer, who had a run-in with the National Guard, heard one of the officers call protesters โ€œnโ€”gers,โ€ Raw Story…

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 networkโ€™s town hall event about how his producer, who had a run-in with the National Guard, heard one of the officers call protesters โ€œnโ€”gers,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. โ€œIf thereโ€™s a camera, [the officer] knows heโ€™s got to check himself,โ€ Jackson explained. โ€œAnd if you know an officer has a camera, you also have to check yourself.โ€

Lemon also wondered if it would deter a certain โ€œtype of personโ€ from looking for a job in the field and then recounted a story his producer told him to emphasize his point.

โ€œLast night, one of my producers said that theyโ€”I wonโ€™t say if itโ€™s a he or a she because I donโ€™t want to give anyone awayโ€”said that they came in contact with one of the members of the National Guard. And that they said, โ€˜You want to get out of here because youโ€™re white. Because these n-words, you know, you never know what theyโ€™re going to do,โ€™โ€ Lemon told the shocked audience.

โ€œTrue story. I kid you not,โ€ he insisted. โ€œ[In] 2014, a member of the National Guard, and my producer doesnโ€™t lie.โ€

Read more at the Raw Story.

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