MSNBC Cuts From Joe McKnight Press Conference When Sheriff Drops Homophobic, Racial Slurs (Video)

MSNBC cut away from a live press conference about the murder of former NFL star Joe McKnight when the Jefferson Parish sheriff, Newell Normand, unexpectedly started using foul language while reading hateful comments lawmakers received during the investigation.

First of all, let me apologize for some of the language we were not expecting,” Hall said, explaining that the official dropped “racial slurs and homophobic remarks that we did not prepare and did not honestly expect from the sheriff of a police department.

McKnight, a former NFL running back for both the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, was murdered in Terrytown, Louisiana, in an apparent road rage incident.

Normand apparently took just as much offense to the chatter on social media as individuals did that Gasser, whom authorities said in a statement “did in fact shoot Mr. McKnight,” wasn’t held in custody until he was charged with manslaughter on Tuesday.