In their face, again,
from the Chuckster;
"The true story came out from
the grand jury testimony," Barkley said, adding that he was made aware
of "key forensic evidence, and several black witnesses that supported
Officer Darren Wilson’s story..." He continued, "I can’t believe
anything I hear on television anymore. And, that’s why I don’t like
talking about race issues with the media anymore, because they (the
media) love this stuff, and lead people to jump to conclusions. The
media shouldn’t do that. They never do that when black people kill each
other. "
He also called
those who rioted after the decision was announced "scumbags," and said
"There is no excuse for people to be out there burning down people's
businesses, burning down police cars."
Barkeley, last year, also made up his mind based on evidence, not intellectual fashions;
In 2013, Barkley famously said he agreed with the George Zimmerman acquittal in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
In July of last year, a Florida jury found that neighborhood watch
leader Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, was not guilty in the
shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
"That’s probably not a popular opinion among most people. But just looking at the evidence, I agreed with the verdict," he told CNBC host Maria Bartiromo on CNBC's Closing Bell about the Zimmerman verdict.
Which
HSIB took note of at the time;
...
there is something that the First Black POTUS could do to get America
on the road to better racial harmony; in fact, do some soul searching
with someone who has been honest about these things in the past; have a beer summit with Charles Barkley,
and do it on national television for the entire country to see.. We are
sure that any one of a number of television hosts would jump at the
chance of moderating it; Brian Lamb, Charlie Rose, Piers Morgan, Jake
Tapper, Steven Colbert or Jon Stewart. Name your poison, as it were.
Charles could explain to Mr. Obama what a 'knucklehead' is, for one thing.
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