CNN's #AskACop Hashtag Backfires, Triggers Anti-Police Backlash ... Oopsie!

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CNN's #AskACop Hashtag Backfires, Triggers Anti-Police Backlash
CNN's request for viewers to ask cops questions via Twitter didn't go so well.
AlterNet * By Kali Holloway * December 17, 2014

In a move that seems to suggest it has no idea how Twitter works, CNN asked viewers to submit questions to police officers using the hashtag #AskACop. It went exactly the way you and anyone who has ever used social media would expect.

The request was part of a special “CNN Tonight” episode titled “Cops Under Fire.” Host Don Lemon, in the company of a panel of police officers, put out the call to Twitter users to submit questions they might #AskACop. On the heels of widespread protests against police brutality, particularly in communities of color, the questions that poured in were mostly thinly veiled criticisms of outrageous police abuses.

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE AWESOME TWEETS HERE (scroll down past the ad):
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/cnns-askacop-hashtag-backfires-triggers-anti-police-backlash

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1. Here's a great one.

#Askacop I have a math question: if 1 Black man has zero guns, zero knives and two hands, how many bullets does it take to disarm him?

Sorry. Had to type it in. I think I got it right, though.

Damned great. From Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) who is pretty fucking awesome for that Tweet.

Oh! And R&

Another:

Hey @CNN, are you going to actually report how bad this hashtag went for you? #Askacop

That one was from the great "Blocked Lesnar" (@TheCoolTeacher_).

I think I may click through to Twitter, something I never do. This may be worth it.

[99th_Monkey]

2. Thank you.

I thought of typing that one out myself, but was too lazy, so thank you.

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3. Anybody watch to see the responses?