Whatever point Geraldo Rivera was trying to make last year when he blamed Trayvon Martin’s death on his hoodie was scuttled yesterday when he suggested wearing a hooded sweatshirt was the equivalent of flying a pirate flag in front of the Coast Guard. It was a terrible analogy, but Rivera felt vindicated by reports that the George Zimmerman jury believed the hoodie contributed to Zimmerman’s suspicions about Martin, telling Fox News:
I was right about the hoodie, wasn’t I? I hate to brag, but I got criticized by every pundit in America when I said that Trayvon Martin would be alive today but for the fact that he was wearing thug wear. He was wearing the hoodie. Turns out now that we look at George Zimmerman’s interviews with the police. He didn’t profile Trayvon Martin because he was black, he profiled him because he was wearing a hoodie.
It sounds as though Rivera is about to stop nagging people about their wardrobes, after one last warning.
Or you can just pull your hoodie over your eyes
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) July 16, 2013
@GeraldoRivera Their denial is costing them their sons. Denial of their own "brothers" promoting gangster lifestyle….
— InconvenientTruthsTV was only a dream. Love my Pit (@InconvenientTr1) July 16, 2013
@GeraldoRivera It sucks but that is our reality these days.
— Jay D (@funcpl82) July 16, 2013
@GeraldoRivera I think the majority will choose answer# 2. I am staggered at the ignorance of the average American.
— David Ashford (@kaptainkremen) July 16, 2013
Time to put away the hoodie talk for good?
https://twitter.com/WretchedSnark/status/357260056397484034
@GeraldoRivera Advise: Quit getting into fights with strangers, always assume they are carrying a gun, particularly in States that permit it
— Mauricio D Mendez (@mauriciod44) July 16, 2013
@GeraldoRivera Mark Zuckerberg often wears hoodies and may like Skittles-if he resists a stalker, is it ok for the stalker to murder him?
— Anthony W (@mill_dam_bridge) July 16, 2013
@mill_dam_bridge It's not just the hoodie, obviously it's the context. Serious people already know what 's meant, others make cheap jokes
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) July 16, 2013
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