Geraldo Rivera has issued a public apology for his explosive comments about Trayvon Martin’s hoodie.
Martin, an unarmed teenager, was shot dead by a self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer in late February. His death and the controversial police handling of the case have sparked outrage across the country.
Rivera added to the uproar on Friday when he said that Martin was partially responsible for his own death because he had been wearing a hoodie when he was killed. “I’ll bet you money, if he didn’t have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn’t have responded in that violent and aggressive way,” he said.
Rivera elicited a fiery response from the public, with his own son saying that he was “ashamed” of what he had said.
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