Marc Lamont Hill, David Clarke, Roland Martin (Wikipedia/Twitter/Roland Martin Facebook)
Marc Lamont Hill and Roland Martin came for Sheriff David Clarke on Twitter Wednesday, Jan. 18, after Clarke called Hill a “jigaboo” in response to Hill’s comments on “CNN Tonight” earlier in the week.
During Monday’s broadcast of the Don Lemon-hosted show, Hill, a Morehouse professor, slammed Donald Trump for meeting with entertainers like Steve Harvey rather than Black intellectuals who are familiar with politics like Michelle Alexander or Cornel West.
“Yeah, it’s a bunch of mediocre Negroes being dragged in front of TV as a photo op for Donald Trump’s exploitive campaign against Black people,” Hill charged, when Bruce LeVell brought up Trump’s National Diversity Coalition, of which Lavell is a member.
That remark led the controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff to call Hill the offensive name on Twitter, which elicited responses from Hill and Martin.
I am tired of this jigaboo telling black people who they should be, what they should do. He's a lackey for Democrats https://t.co/XRI5bEPo0F
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
I know YOU ain't talking about me, dog. YOU?!? Also, jigaboo?!?!? mwahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah https://t.co/OjsblPCIZN
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
This pathetic Black man @SheriffClarke calls @marclamonthill a "jigaboo." I don't allow folks to call him coon or the N-word & he does this. https://t.co/LzAYrivXqK
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
Hill co-signed the “NewsOne Now” host’s tweet.
EXACTLY. I've never called @SheriffClarke an Uncle Tom, porch monkey, coon, hambone, shine, or handkerchief head. It's unseemly I tell ya! https://t.co/ZoP0Xpk4fW
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
Clarke then fired another salvo at Hill.
Booker T was talking about Marc Lamont Hill. If race relations get back on track after Obama re-opened the wound, Hill becomes irrelevant. pic.twitter.com/7B6kc09aMU
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
Marc Lamont Hill would call Frederick Douglas a "mediocre negro". If Douglas is a "mediocre negro" that would make Hill a slime ball. pic.twitter.com/tvGqi8Zxoz
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
Hill fired back.
If you think Frederick Douglas would be a Trump supporter, then you have no sense of history or an adequate understanding of Douglas. https://t.co/NS4zqVWki4
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
A hit dog will holler.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
Martin jumped into the fray hours later and invited Clarke to be a guest on “NewsOne Now.”
And @sheriffclarke, I'm tired of you denigrating Black folks and sounding like a fool on TV. When will YOU discuss 4 deaths in your jail? https://t.co/y6lp099K5J
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
Come on @sheriffclarke. When will you accept my offer to go one on one with me on @tvonetv #NewsOneNow? @foxNews is 3 floors down from me. https://t.co/y6lp099K5J
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
Since @SheriffClarke thinks he has the answers for Black America, come on the ONLY national daily TV show on a Black network. Pick a day! https://t.co/LzAYrivXqK
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
The anchor tweeted several messages in response to the Trump supporter’s Booker T. Washington meme, then threw down the gauntlet and challenged Clarke to a debate.
.@SheriffClarke, you've got to be one of the dumbest people I've ever met. You think @POTUS "re-opened" racial wounds? they weren't closed! https://t.co/AOktaK4IM1
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
This idiot in a big hat can't even admit that police brutality has continued for DECADES. @SheriffClarke fails desperately on facts. https://t.co/AOktaK4IM1
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
As I've said, if @SheriffClarke has any guts, come on @tvonetv #NewsOneNow to debate the BS you're tweeting. Me. You. One on one. WHOLE HOUR https://t.co/AOktaK4IM1
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
Take your pick @SheriffClarke. We can talk Booker T; DuBois; MLK; Stokely; #BlackLivesMatter; SNCC. I'll debate you ANY DAY. https://t.co/AOktaK4IM1
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
And @SheriffClarke, if you want @oreillyfactor @TuckerCarlson @seanhannity @LouDobbs @cvpayne to moderate, I'm fine. I'll take on ALL OF YOU https://t.co/AOktaK4IM1
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 17, 2017
