"Though Fox News host Brian Kilmeade apologized for comments made last week in which he suggested homeless individuals living with mental health issues be killed with lethal injections if they do not accept help from the government, New York City homeless advocates seethed over a remark they called devoid of humanity. The remarks Kilmeade himself would later call extremely callous came on Wednesday on an episode of Fox and Friends as he and his co-hosts discussed homelessness and"
"the recent slaying of 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska, in North Carolina. The suspect in the killing was homeless at the time and has a history of mental health issues. Co-host Lawrence Jones stated that those living on the streets with mental health disorders should either accept help or be jailed when Kilmeade jumped in. Involuntary lethal injection or something, Kilmeade said bluntly. Just kill 'em."
Brian Kilmeade suggested that homeless individuals with mental health issues who refuse government help should be killed by involuntary lethal injection, saying "Just kill 'em." He later apologized, calling the remark "extremely callous" and stating that not all mentally ill, homeless people act as the North Carolina perpetrator did and that many deserve empathy and compassion. New York City homeless advocates condemned the suggestion as devoid of humanity. New York City is experiencing one of its worst homelessness crises as rent levels reach historic highs, with more than 100,000 people living in shelters and officials struggling to deal with individuals living on the streets.
Read at www.amny.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]