O’Reilly’s Provocative Question To Panel: If Zimmerman’s Acquitted, Will Violence Erupt In The Streets?

Bill O’Reilly expressed his concern tonight that if George Zimmerman ends up acquitted at the end of his murder trial, there might be a national outrage that could lead to violence. He said there is a “possibility for damage to be done to the fabric of the nation” if Zimmerman gets off, while Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham agreed that there might just be some angry outcry.

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Williams agreed that the case has been all about race from the beginning, and explained to O’Reilly that religious leaders in Florida are actually warning people not to riot. Ham said she hopes that nothing will happen, adding that the media “jumped to make this a racial morality play” by starting out with a black-and-white narrative and sticking to it.

O’Reilly expressed concern that people may “run out and cause trouble,” and even if it’s not violent, there is still the “possibility for damage to be done to the fabric of the nation.” Williams blamed the media’s coverage, but did find it “crazy” that a young black kid who was unarmed ended up getting shot. O’Reilly told him comments like that help fuel violence, and the media has a responsibility to “tamp that down.”

Watch the video below, courtesy of Fox News:

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