Roland Martin Destroys Talking Points On #BlackLivesMatter And Quentin Tarantino

Posted by | November 3, 2015 21:15 | Filed under: Contributors Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher

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Since Quentin Tarantino has already reportedly decided to offer some sort of an apology, this may be a case of way more than enough, but way too late. On his NewsOne Now program Tuesday morning, host Roland Martin offered up a defense of Tarantino that made mics in neighboring counties drop.

The Pulp Fiction auteur sparked a serious backlash and calls for a boycott of his films last week when he spoke out against police brutality at a rally in New York City’s Washington Square. Here are Tarantino’s full remarks at that event, all 30 seconds of them:

“I’m a human being with a conscience. And when I see murders, I do not stand by . . . I have to call a murder a murder and I have to call the murderers the murderers.”

That remark, and the rally itself, churned a lot of angst from people anxious to connect the protest with the murder of Officer Randolph Holder several days earlier, a cheap desecration of his sacrifice. The late Officer Holder had no more to do with police brutality than this protest had to do with him, but conservative pundits and police unions have nonetheless exploited him in an effort to undermine calls for accountability.

Much of the campaign against Tarantino consists of a shift in the retelling of his remarks, in which conservatives will swear to God he said that all cops are murderers. This is a popular premise with folks who seek to undermine the movement for police accountability, and it is utterly false. On Tuesday’s NewsOne Now, Roland Martin laid waste to that talking point…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

6 responses to Roland Martin Destroys Talking Points On #BlackLivesMatter And Quentin Tarantino

  1. Ragga muffin November 3rd, 2015 at 22:17

    Wow someone that’s not a house negro

    • allison1050 November 4th, 2015 at 07:13

      And he gets into trouble from time to time. ;-)

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    Bravo, Roland!

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    Typical twisting by the reichwing

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