Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is apologizing for saying “just kill ’em” in reference to violent homeless people.
On Sept. 10, Kilmeade was talking on Fox & Friends about the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train, per Mediaite.
His comments enraged both sides of the aisle when he responded to a comment made by his colleague, Lawrence Jones, about jailing violent homeless people.
“You can’t give them a choice,” Jones said. “Either you take the resources that we’re gonna give you, or you decide that you’re gonna be locked up in jail. That’s the way it has to be.”
Kilmeade response was shocking, to say the least.
“Involuntary lethal injection or something,” Kilmeade said. “Just kill ’em.”
Decarlos Brown Jr. has been arrested in connection with Zarutska’s murder. He has a history of homelessness.
Kilmeade then went on Fox & Friends Sunday morning to apologize.
“We were discussing the murder of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, North Carolina, and how to stop these kinds of attacks by homeless, mentally ill assailants, including institutionalizing or jailing such people so they cannot attack again,” Kilmeade said. “Now during that discussion, I wrongly said they should get lethal injections. I apologize for that extremely callous remark. I am obviously aware that not all mentally ill, homeless people act as the perpetrator did in North Carolina and that so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion.”
