Community | March 04, 2011 | 36 comments

Beck Attacks Van Jones For Opposing Police Brutality

WakeUpPeople
Glenn Beck attacked Van Jones for contributing a section to a human rights curriculum for New York State schools focused on raising awareness of police brutality. Beck falsely suggested that Jones accused all New York police of being violent.

***Beck Lashes Out At Van Jones For Raising Awareness Of Police Brutality***

Beck: Van Jones Teaches That "The Wisdom About Police In New York" Is Illustrated By One Instance Of Police Brutality. From the March 3 edition of Glenn Beck: (Research at link)

***Van Jones Simply Used An Example Of Actual Police Brutality To Raise Human Rights Awareness***

Jones Used A Real-World Anecdote To Illustrate Police Brutality. In the human rights curriculum Speak Truth to Power, Van Jones wrote of the need to raise awareness of both police brutality and its remedies: (Research at link)

The Police Officer At The Center Of The Case Was Fired. From The San Francisco Chronicle: (Research at link)

***Jones Was Condemning Police Brutality, Not The Police In General***

Jones: "Obviously, Just Because Somebody Calls And Says, 'Officer So-And-So Did Something To Me,' Doesn't Mean It Actually Happened." In Speak Truth to Power, Van Jones wrote: (Research at link)
  1. groups:
    Community,   Progressive America,   Humanism,   Current Democrats,   6 more
  2. tags:
  3. recommended by:
    WakeUpPeople
  4.     
    |

36 comments // Beck Attacks Van Jones For Opposing Police Brutality // Video

top videos