NEW YORK — Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera said Tuesday that he’s sorry for suggesting that a hoodie worn by Trayvon Martin was as much responsible for his death as the neighborhood watch captain who shot him.
Rivera his son convinced him he was wrong. Rivera said it was the first time Gabriel Rivera, 32, had said he was ashamed of something his dad had said.
Rivera said he was apologizing “for offending anyone.”
“I apologize for the language,” he said. “I don’t apologize at all for the substance of my advice. I was trying to save lives.”
Rivera said he wanted parents to realize that their children’s clothing — such as hoodies or low-slung pants — could appear menacing to people who don’t know them and could put them unnecessarily in danger.
