Video taken in New York City recently showing plainclothes officers taking a woman into custody and loading her into an unmarked van had MSNBC’s Chris Hayes letting everybody know they were witnessing a kidnapping:
this is…kidnapping https://t.co/iT7SDb5RWx
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2020
Really? NBC News crime reporter Tom Winter looked at it a different way:
It could also be undercover detectives from a warrant squad making an arrest with probable cause for someone wanted for 5 specific crimes wearing visible weapons and vests in a car immediately surrounded by uniformed police officers with NYPD written on the back. https://t.co/CsKt5QMSmZ
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) July 29, 2020
That sounds a little more accurate than “kidnapping”:
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— Watchdog (@LibWatchdog) July 29, 2020
This.
Not everything has to be a cause for alarm. The default desire to pin it against the establishment is ill judged. https://t.co/h5l0CB3qEu
— Sam Fox (@notthatsamfox) July 29, 2020
NBC News investigative correspondent fact-checking MSNBC host https://t.co/SfzG42Xe50
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) July 29, 2020
However, Hayes remains mostly unconvinced:
Maybe? Seems there are ways to make this arrest that are not this.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 29, 2020
There was a cordon pf uniformed bicycle cops surrounding the event. Don’t. React. To. Internet. Clips.
— Fr. Bill Dailey, CSC (@wrdcsc) July 29, 2020
They weren’t surrounded it. They were there w the protest and then came in after. There are actual eyewitnesses who were there!
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 29, 2020
Sounds like Hayes is going to cling to “kidnapping.”
Chris Hayes, law enforcement expert! https://t.co/CyMAYZuXkB
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 29, 2020
Detective Hayes! https://t.co/qUAEX0FL0e
— Jay (@football_jay) July 29, 2020
