Removing his foot from his mouth on Sunday night, Fox New host Geraldo Rivera apologized to Trayvon Martin’s parents in an effort to make amends for his controversial comments surrounding the death of their son.
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Rivera held a six-minute interview with Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton on “Geraldo At Large,” offering sympathy from the start.
He thanked them from the beginning for coming on the show and said:
“Please — this is the first time I’ve spoken to you — accept my condolences for your awful loss.”
In unison, Martin’s parents responded with a “thank you.”
Geraldo explained his insensitive comments to Trayon’s parents saying:
“What I was trying to do was caution parents that allowing kids to wear hoodies or similar clothing in certain circumstances, particularly if they were minority young men, could be dangerous.
But I never intended to hurt anyone’s feelings and certainly Sybrina and Tracy, I never intended to hurt your feelings. I want to personally convey my deepest apologies to both of you. I am sorry, Tracy, if anything I said added to your misery.”
Tracy Martin added his own and thanked Geraldo for his words:
“Your apology is accepted,” Martin said. “Let me just add one thing with the wearing of the hoodie. I don’t think America knows that, in fact, at the time of the incident when he initially made the call, it was raining.
So Trayvon had every right to have on his hood. He was protecting himself from the rain. So if being suspicious, walking in the rain with your hoodie on is a crime, then I guess the world is doing something wrong.”
Look at how the entire interview went down.
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