Baltimore’s Fox affiliate apologized for erroneously reporting that a protester was chanting, “kill a cop.”
Fox45 is apologizing for an error made on Fox45 News at Ten last night. We aired a clip from a protest in Washington, DC where we reported protesters were chanting “kill a cop”. We received a phone call from Tawanda Jones, who is in the video, who informed us that the chant was actually “We won’t stop….We can’t stop…. ‘til killer cops…. are in cell blocks”. We here at Fox45 work hard every day to earn your trust and bring you fair and comprehensive news from around the country. Although last night’s report reflected an honest misunderstanding of what the protesters were saying, we apologize for the error. We have deleted the story on our webpage and we offered to have Ms. Jones on Fox45 News at 5:00 tonight for a live interview.
Watch for those who sympathize with the protesters to use that reporting error to discredit the reports of the “What do we want? Dead cops!” chant in New York City — even though that one was caught on video:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dj4ARsxrZh8%3Frel%3D0
You’re already seeing people argue that the “dead cops” chant was a “myth,” much to their subsequent embarrassment.