The black community must take police itself and enforce personal responsibility, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said Tuesday.
Responding to rioting that took place Monday night in Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody, O'Reilly said racial persecution isn't the problem in Baltimore.
"Something else is in play. That something else is personal behavior,"
"The O'Reilly Factor" host said.
"Every American, even criminals, should be safe in police custody," O'Reilly said. "But it is also long past time for African-American communities across America to begin to police themselves."
Criminal activity, drug use, child abandonment, disrespect and "general chaos" are on display every day in many places, he said."
"No government is going to stop that. No bureaucracy is going to help you," O'Reilly said.
"The communities have to do it themselves."
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