Fox News host Tucker Carlson wrote a . called to Black Police Officer Who Said He Was Called The N-Word While Defending The Capitol An “angry, left-wing political activist” on Wednesday, January 6.
In April, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn told “The ReadOut” host Joy Reid that black officers fought a “different” fight than everyone else as they defended supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol. Endured both physical trauma and racist abuses. .
dun is one of them The first people prepare to testify on July 27 before a new House committee set up to investigate the Capitol riots. Before Dunn’s testimony, Carlson verbally attacked the officer’s impartiality as a witness, citing previous social media posts involving Democratic lawmakers.
“Dunn will pretend to speak for the country’s law enforcement community, but it turns out Dunn has very little in common with your average cop,” Carlson said on his show. “Dunn is an angry, left-wing political activist.”
The backlash on social media was intense.
“Always grateful to officers like Harry Dunn,” Representative Eric Svalwell, D-Calif. tweeted on Wednesday. “He placed his body in the midst of lawmakers and an armed mob.”
Dunn’s lawyers also responded, posting a lengthy statement on Twitter.
“Tonight Fox News allowed its host, Tucker Carlson, who hasn’t served a day in uniform, whether military or law enforcement, to criticize the heroism and service of African-American US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, “David H. Laufman and Mark S. Zaid said in the statement.
“Our client has served 13 years in law enforcement and, on January 6, 2021, fought a rebelliously violent mob – undoubtedly many of them Carlson’s supporters – to protect the lives of our elected officials, including Vice President Pence. ,” They said.
Lawyers said Dunn “will lay down his life to defend the member of Congress, regardless of whether he is a Republican or a Democrat,” and will continue to testify next Tuesday.
Dunn and the other Capitol executives have everything Aggressively lobbied for a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 riots, but fell short of the 60 votes required to proceed with the legislation to create the panel.
More than 500 people have been criminally charged Six months later a pro-Trump crowd stormed the Capitol to block Congress from formally accepting the Electoral College votes, which gave President Joe Biden the November election. Five people died in the riots, Including Capitol Police Officer Brian Siknick.
Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.