Fox Guest on Baltimore Violence: ‘It’s Not a Korean Crime Surge’

Blacksphere executive director Kevin Jackson told Fox & Friends Thursday morning that the national focus on relations between police and the African American community was inappropriately racializing cops’ response to crime, especially when that crime was occurring in minority-heavy neighborhoods.

“Cops need to be concerned about getting the right guy, not worrying about what color they are,” Jackson told host Brian Kilmeade. “In a city like Baltimore, that uptick in crime — who’s responsible for it? The town is 63% black. It’s not a surge in Korean crime. It’s blacks that are committing crimes.”

“We need to get away from the idea it’s racist, which is what the NAACP is saying,” he continued. “That’s ridiculous. They need to let law enforcement do what it’s supposed to do, which is enforce the law.”

Watch the clip below, via Fox News:

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