Few Fox News employees are as willing to speak their minds as Judge Jeanine Pirro. She routinely tears apart the Left for their hypocrisy, and make no bones about it like many other hosts, who try and tip-toe around the issue and hide behind false “civility.”
This fiery personality of hers has also landed her in hot water, as she was hit with a lawsuit on Tuesday thanks to her comments about the radical left-wing Black Lives Matter.
As reported at the Daily Caller, BLM activist DeRay McKesson sued Pirro this week, claiming she defamed him on national television by saying he’d incited violence against police during one of his groups’ many rallies.
The lawsuit is one of many involving the case and protests surrounding the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Louisiana in 2016.
In an effort to gin up publicity and make himself a martyr, McKesson got himself arrested at the protest. However, charges were later dismissed, as they often are against leftists that commit crimes during their public tantrums.
On top of getting the charges dropped, he also received more than $100,000 in damages from Baton Rouge police. In response to his payout for a simple arrest, one police officer filed a counter-suit, claiming that protesters had thrown rocks at him and that McKesson had stirred up the violence. Pirro referenced this lawsuit on the show “Fox and Friends” earlier this fall, which is what McKesson’s suit against her is all about.
“In this particular case, DeRay Mckesson, the organizer, actually was directing people, was directing the violence,” Pirro said. “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay Mckesson, DeRay Mckesson walks away with a hundred thousand dollars, for an organization that is amorphous, we got a problem in this country.”
McKesson’s lawsuit, filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court, argues she knowingly lied about him on national television, basing the claim on the fact the police officer’s suit was dismissed before Pirro made the comments. Fox News has promised to fight the lawsuit along with Pirro.
“We informed Mr. McKesson’s counsel that our commentary was fully protected under the First Amendment and the privilege for reports of judicial proceedings. We will defend this case vigorously,” Fox News told TMZ.
The officer’s suit was thrown out because the judge said he didn’t provide enough evidence that McKesson had directly incited violence against him. Considering we’re now living in a world where evidence-less charges are destroying people left and right, it’s interesting to see such a verdict. Which was handed down thanks to BLM being considered a “movement” rather than an “organization,” meaning McKesson couldn’t be responsible for its actions.
McKesson seems intent on cashing in on his “victimization,” which he incites at every rally he intends. He does his best to antagonize cops into arresting him, then tries to turn it into fuel for the BLM fire and to enrich himself. The guy is a scam artist masquerading as some kind of intellectual figurehead of a “movement.” It’ll be interesting to see who wins this lawsuit, and how many more times McKesson pulls the same stunt in the future.
Source: Daily Caller