WATCH ABOVE: Former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, discusses the incident in Ferguson and the Grand Jury reconvening on Monday, Nov. 24.
TORONTO – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani made controversial remarks about the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“93 percent of blacks are killed by other blacks,” Giuliani said. “We’re talking about the exception here.”
Giuliani made the remarks during a heated exchange with Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, who said Giuliani was applying a “false equivalency.”
“Black people who kill black people go to jail,” Dyson said. “White people who are policemen who kill black people do not go to jail.”
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“What about the poor black child that was killed by another black child?” Giuliani asked. “Why aren’t you protesting that?… Why don’t you cut it down so that so many white police officers don’t have to be in black areas?”
“When I become mayor, I’ll do that,” replied Dyson.
“White police officers wouldn’t be there if you weren’t killing each other,” Giuliani said.
The comments were part of a “Meet the Press” segment on the disproportionate amount of white police officers working in diverse populations.
Tension in the city of Ferguson has been mounting as a grand jury decides whether to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot Brown in early August. Ferguson has seen a series of ongoing protests since the shooting.
Dyson, who is African-American, strongly condemned Giuliani’s remarks saying they “reinforce the problematic perspective that prevails in the culture.”
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