Chris Hayes Claimed Police Were 'Kidnapping' BLM Suspect, Has to be Schooled by His Own NBC Colleague

Democrats and media have been spreading basically fake news about unidentified federal “troops” “kidnapping” people off the streets in Portland.

As we’ve already reported, this is incredible false propaganda, that involved a couple of cases of people detained by the CBP Bortac unit which had their agency patches on their shoulders, with badge numbers there and “POLICE” emblazoned across their chest. Cops, in any event, have to be in uniform, but can be in plain clothes and don’t need to read anyone their “rights” unless a suspect is being questioned in custody, which they later did in the case of one person they detained. All they needed was probable cause to detain the person, such as seeing them commit a crime at the riot at the courthouse, for example.

But this was all part of the lie to paint the federal agents as evil stormtroopers by folks like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. They didn’t seem to care about the attacks on the United States or how those comments might endanger federal officers.

Now Democrats and media are even applying the claim to local police action, such as with this arrest by the NYPD where they did in indeed swoop in and grab a suspect who was part of the BLM in mostly plainclothes and unmarked van. You know, as has been done for decades without comment when picking up suspects. But there was a pretty obvious tell that they were police. See if you can pick it up.

NYC is taking after Portland – a trans femme protestor was pulled into an unmarked van at the Abolition Park protest – this was at 2nd Ave and 25th Street pic.twitter.com/1PDhSYuK9h

— michelle lh࿊࿊q (@MichelleLhooq) July 28, 2020

Did you pick it up? The arrest was assisted by a ton of uniformed NYPD bike cops. Just a little obvious that this was police, don’t you think?

nypd is out here KIDNAPPING protesters off of the street pic.twitter.com/LCCBj0Ipp8

— Natalie (@Naddleez) July 28, 2020

But apparently not for shining journalistic light, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

this is…kidnapping https://t.co/iT7SDb5RWx

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2020

Unfortunately for Hayes, the fake claim was quickly squashed by the NYPD who shut down his fake news.

In regard to a video on social media that took place at 2 Ave & 25 St, a woman taken into custody in an unmarked van was wanted for damaging police cameras during 5 separate criminal incidents in & around City Hall Park. The arresting officers were assaulted with rocks & bottles. pic.twitter.com/2jGD3DT3eV

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2020

When officers from the Warrant Squad took the woman into custody in a gray NYPD minivan this evening, they were assaulted with rocks and bottles. The Warrant Squad uses unmarked vehicles to effectively locate wanted suspects.

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2020

Just like with the feds, quickly coming in and scooping a suspect up helps to prevent the suspect’s buddies from de-arresting the suspect.

When she was placed into the Warrant Squad’s unmarked gray minivan, it was behind a cordon of NYPD bicycle cops in bright yellow and blue uniform shirts there to help effect the arrest.

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2020

Ya think?

But this was spread everywhere, boosted by Hayes’ claim that this was a “kidnapping.” It has 9.4 million views, despite the fact that the NYPD presence was obvious.

But what really did Hayes in was he had to be corrected by his own colleague, Tom Winter.

It could also be undercover detectives from a warrant squad making an arrest with probable cause for someone wanted for 5 specific crimes wearing visible weapons and vests in a car immediately surrounded by uniformed police officers with NYPD written on the back. https://t.co/CsKt5QMSmZ

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) July 29, 2020

Boom. Nicely done. Nice to see NBC has at least one rational sensible person.