Monday greeted us with an overload of the liberal media's newest cause du jour: to portray all of the nation's police as evil and abusive. The Hispanic media, as usual, followed suit as we can see in this Telemundo report about George Floyd's funeral service in Houston, Texas, which quickly became one about that city's purported police brutality.
Of course, to make the story relevant, the hosts at Telemundo's Un Nuevo Día inserted Hispanics into the BLM movement --- and Floyd's private funeral --- making sure their audiences saw just how terrified Latinos are of the wicked men in blue. Never mind that Houston's Hispanic Police Chief supports the demonstrations and is committed to ensuring integrity within the city's police force.
FRANCISCO CUEVAS: We had the opportunity to speak to the Houston Police Chief, who told us not only about the demonstrations, about this funeral service to be held in this church, but also of the accusations against the Houston Police Department, where since between April and May, there have been six deaths at the hands of the police.
AL ACEVEDO: Most of these people were armed, they were shooting. One killed an 80-year-old lady with a stabbing and then went on to attack the officer with the knife.
CUEVAS: But Nicolas Chavez is among the victims, when on April 21, according to witnesses, he was shot down by policemen while being on his knees. Chief Acevedo says they and the FBI are investigating the case and that there will be justice.
ACEVEDO: The policeman who is good, we support him, and the one who isn’t, we cut him out because that's our duty as law and order.
CUEVAS: Still many Houston residents like Agustin, step out to the streets in fear.
The statement about Latinos living in fear not only perpetuates racism –and prejudice – against Hispanics, as it insinuates they are ALL in some way breaking the law, but is not supported by any facts in this callous report.
In addition, no weight is given to Chief Acevedo’s words about the police enforcing their duties to protect law abiding citizens against aggressive, murderous, armed criminals. In their effort to be on the same wavelengths as their mainstream counterparts, the Hispanic media forget why they even exist: as the purveyors of fair and objective news to the nation's largest minority.
Press on "expand" to read the complete transcript of the report mentioned above:
Un Nuevo Día
06/08/2020NICOLE SUAREZ: George Floyd arrives at his last abode after the funerals in Minneapolis, the city where he died, in North Carolina, the place where he was born. The remains will rest in Houston where he spent most of his life. We will now go to the city in Texas, to expand this information. There's Francisco Cuevas with more. Francisco, good morning. How are Floyd's last funeral preparations going?
FRANCISCO CUEVAS: Hi Nicole. Good morning. We're in Southwest Houston, Texas, where there's a six-hour ceremony today. The community of this city will have the opportunity to say one last goodbye to George Floyd, the man who died by the hand of the police in Minneapolis and who sparked a series of demonstrations around the world repudiating police brutality. Well, today here, hundreds of people will have the opportunity to say the last goodbye to George Floyd, a ceremony that will be limited, and everyone present will have to wear a mask and also gloves for the pandemic we're living with. Many will undoubtedly be Latino because they identify with the death of George Floyd because at some point or another they have felt discriminated against, and have also been the victims of police violence. We had the opportunity to speak to the chief of police here in Houston, who told us not only about the demonstrations, about this funeral service to be held in this church, but also of the accusations against the Houston Police Department, where since between April and May, there have been six deaths at the hands of the police.
In Houston, Texas, residents are calling for peace and an end to the police abuses that took George Floyd's life, and which also greatly affect the Hispanic community in this city.
JESUS LOPEZ: This kind of racism, racism has never disappeared, it has only been dormant.
CUEVAS: Amid national unrest and mass marches, George Floyd's family and friends in Houston prepare to say one last goodbye. Democratic candidate Joe Biden will meet with relatives of the deceased. The wounds caused by this tragedy are expected to heal faster. Alicia Delgado worries every time her children take to the streets.
ALICIA DELGADO: I'm worried about them being treated badly or beaten, I don't know, that's one's concern.
CUEVAS: Houston Police Chief Al Acevedo, first Hispanic to hold the post and who supports the protests, assured the Telemundo team that what happened in Minneapolis is an important lesson for everyone.
ACEVEDO: I can't believe we still have a department in Minneapolis, that in 2020, allows the control of a suspect by the neck.
CAVES: But the resentment in other parts of the country is deep. In Houston, six people have been killed by law enforcement officers in recent months.
ACEVEDO: Most of these people were armed, they were shooting. One killed an 80-year-old lady with a stabbing and then went on to attack the officer with the knife.
CUEVAS: But Nicolas Chavez is among the victims, when on April 21, according to witnesses, he was shot down by policemen while being on his knees. Chief Acevedo says they and the FBI are investigating the case and that there will be justice.
ACEVEDO: The policeman who is good, we support him, and the one who isn’t, we cut him out because that's our duty as law and order.
CUEVAS: Still many Houston residents like Agustín, step out to the streets in fear.
AGUSTÍN QUINTANA: They don't warn you what they're doing and we obey them for what they're saying, but, you know what the police here are like.
CUEVAS: Nicole the public ceremony in this church will be from noon to 6 p.m.; thousands of people are expected. Here we will be giving you the full report all day. That's all we got from Houston, back to you.
