Cenk Uygur
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CNN's #AskACop Segment Backfires
Posted
December 18, 2014
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81,810
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December 18, 2014
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1,836
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3:03Now Playing"When CNN called on Twitter users to offer up questions for a panel of police officers on an upcoming segment called "Cops Under Fire," it instead elicited a flood of sarcasm, outrage and derision centered on recent high-profile incidents of police violence.
Thanks to the backlash, the hashtag #AskACop climbed to the top of the list of U.S. Twitter trends Tuesday night."
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