By Alex Horton Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 5 at 9:31 AM Wearing a tactical green armored vest and a stern look, Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones looked more ready for eastern Syria than the southern U.S. border.
.@LawrenceBJones3 on viral bulletproof vest pic: CBP "told me to put it on to keep us safe here. Just two months ago, there was a shooting. ... We control this side of the border, but the cartel controls the other side of the border. There's been gun fights." pic.twitter.com/71BeGMCBZd The criticism spun to Thursday evening, when Jones appeared on Hannity’s show to continue his defense, doubling down with a different armor vest that would offer more ballistic protection.
In his Thursday segment, he wore a vest that houses ballistic armor plates to protect vital organs. It is not clear he wore the actual plates inserted. The vests themselves typically have soft armor commonly rated for smaller, handgun-type ammunition.Other people who have done similar segments called Jones out.
It is not clear whether that was a safety regulation or what kind of safety a plate carrier with minimal ballistic protection but no helmet is meant to provide. Jones appeared in other segments in dress shirts. The plate carrier would take less than half a minute to put on.Jones was dispatched to Laredo, Tex.
“There is no doubt, the U.S. side [of the border] is a very safe place,” Christopher Wilson, deputy director of the institute, told The Washington Post last year.
You can never tell when some evil immigrant - hopeful will attack, I guess.
This would be good reporting had this paper not been one of the major contributors to sullying the reputation of journalists everywhere.
There could be rock throwing.
mikesdebra
Loser , I quit playing army when I was 10
Not wearing mine even in Mexico.
Fox News is a threat to national security. Its audience is big & clearly suggestible, & its presence as a social influencer can’t be denied. Fox foments fears & rage—& revenge. It’s a terrorist group. We boycott advertisers. But there has to be something more we can do.
Where’s the prick tin hat?
Its dangerous
The props department at Fox Fake Newz bought his costume at the Dollar Store.
There's GOTTA be a Monty Python gag or punchline for this.......
Fox News = Fake News
Fox entertainment at it again!!!
Actually the Border Patrol made him wear it. But at least he wasn't standing in the rain and leaning forward into the 'hurricane winds' like the CNN crowd! How can you tell when the MSM is lying? They're reporting on something! 🤣
What do people waste their time watching FoxNews
Fox news using another person of color as a Pawn in their little game.
The cartoon network-
But he gotta protect himself
Bezos would be surrounded by ten guards while sitting in his bullet proof limo if he were down at the border. Maybe the guy doesn’t want to be shot? LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
I think he should have worn a lobster bib.
We’ve got thousands of illegal invaders and body armor is ridiculous? I’d say your lies qualify as totally ridiculous
Bravo , attacking a fellow journalist should go against everything you constantly preach to us all. But yet, we all know isn't a media outlet but a Liberal propaganda machine filled with obsession and hatred for Trump, Republicans and Conservative.
How about that Russian collusion? HAHAHAHAHH
Wankster wanna be prankster.
It would be more appropriate for reporters to ware ballistic vests at a Trump rally.
He should have been mocked. Fox News should be mocked. Their morning show looks & sounds like SNL
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES AND THERE IS ALOT OF THAT GOING AROUND IN THE REDUMBLICAN PARTY AND THEIR SUPPORTERS
I saw pictures of cinder blocks they were throwing OK Washington post wanted to get your butt down at the border
Why don’t you go spend some time with the boarder patrol without wearing a vest....you guys amaze me everyday with you BS!
Yeah, cuz the cartels have never shot anyone and border patrolling is so safe. Get a life.
What have been cooler if he also had an AR-15.
Rather be safe than sorry.
.LawrenceBJones3 is now tweeting that 'we just capture 8 illegals 3 minutes ago', does he have stockholm syndrome?
KindergartenCop
He wasn't wearing body armor but an empty vest. It provides NO protection at all.
Crisis actor is the correct term
Is this a news report or an episode of The Venture Brothers?
Just how much does he get paid to look ridiculous.
How does a black man .....?
Spin....BS from WaPo.
With boarder patrol requires you wear them. So WP hate toward FOX news continues. Maybe do a little journalisms WP
Truth be told every single reporter does this show biz crap. That you would only point it out for a FOX reporter and nobody else says more about you.
Metal Gear Solid 6 looks shit.
Hilarious
Sean Hannity made a guest appearance on GI Joe
Where’s his helmet? 😆
The leftist libs so concerned about enforcing the borders which every country has a right to do yet are silent mice on other real atrocities in the rest of the world such as Christians, minorities and gays being killed in Muslim and other regions of the world
The debased demoralized leftist libs who claim high ideals and equality yet have lost their souls and identity and are resposible for the social, moral, and spiritual breakdown of our society
FoxNews lmao this that stuff I'm talking about lol found some tokens and you cashing in
Can you really fault a black conservative for wearing body armor? I mean a black conservative basically has enemies on all sides.
megbrown311 😂🤣 laugh I needed today
they finally gave him a real vest, LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Border patrol made him wear it.
It's ridiculous, pathetic and SAD!!! They have to try and sell Trump's State of Emergency and of course FOX and Trump supporters are eating it up! LOL
I thought attacking the media was an attack on democracy?🤔
This picture got me fucked up! 😂😂
The look on his face says he’s not buying the bullshit either.
Protection from what ? Hard working Catholics families or the tacos and cervezas?
Really....
BetoORourke at the border without Kevlar.
That’s where he keeps his milk money and snacks. 😂
We're being invaded by pirates and kids missing their backpacks?!?!
His outfit for tonight's broadcast..... AOC
He was standing three blocks from a Johnny rockets
Too much Kool Aid.
Is this really a story?
Last week it was the 3 Mexicos. How the F is this an actual news channel ? Literally Fake News.
FoxNews - give me a break... everything they do is ridiculous!! FakeNews
This looks like a Metal Gear Solid codec
Fraudcasters at FauxNews
hannity pieces, really? DanCrenshawTX embarrassing. Again, like many average American citizens, expect more from our former military-high achievers. ;/
I guess if you stay ready you don't have to get ready! You never know when you're going to run up against a dangerous cactus tree.
It's almost as if FOX is 'infotainment' and not news at all. Actually it's exactly like that.
Apparently, no one's buying into their bs. Hence the need to up the ante.
Why is that dumb bish wearing a vest, Calexico is the safest, quietest most controlled border city, perfect for Trump’s PR STUNTS, Calexico is super anti-climactic and he even posed away from al Calexicans to spew his bullshit, OBAMA STARTED THAT REPLACEMENT WALL
Reminds me of the cnn cnn weather reporting in the so called wind 💨...
Sensible chap .
My kids got more realistic gear in his costume drawer.
. I'm assuming you are down here to....go to border at night its like a hunting frenzy
What video game is that picture?
he needed the flak jacket to catch all the flak he's getting...
eternal life is available thru Jesus travel speed of thought , live in minimal of 7 dimensions , streets of gold , walls of jasper go big
That is why they are called FAUX news!! Idiots for sure!!
Lol yeah NOBODY EVER GETS HURT OR KILLED AT THE BORDER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...except for all those people that have been murdered.
At least they aren't faking being bombed or under fire like CNN did!!! Whays wrong with being cautious?!!! These idiots dont grasp what's going down at the border and the threats hiding in the bushes!!! The cartel dont play!! CNN is to scared to go to the border.
Why is this ridiculous? This is what border patrol gave him, grow up! How bout this? You all go down there you all stand at the border and do the reporting and get out of your cushy little chairs. Washington post your disgusting and so in the ass with Dems.
really I dare you to go to the border with no bullet proof vest on. Stop lying about was IS HAPPENING AT OUR BORDERS
Is that all they can do?!? Mock?!? Get serious. These r serious times and deserve serious questions and answers
And we're not done:
Is it mandatory that you HAVE TO BE a putz to work at FoxNews?
The best part is the second video explaining why he wore it, you can see the clear difference in the real vest and the tactical vest with no plates he wore the first time.
Visuals must match the insane narrative.
You spelled “token prop “ wrong
The fear news channel strikes again.
Here's jacobsoboroff at the border with a Border Patrol Agent, sans Kevlar.
Seriously? I watched the interview and he was surrounded by suspicious trafficked areas with illegals that we know nothing about.. Could be a gang member out there, who knows? I would wear a vest if in his position.
Gotta push that narrative -- or he's not doing his job for Fox News.
KyleSGibson Does anyone under the age of 60 watch Fox News or CNN? Its almost as if its cartoons for senior citizens
He was cold.
Love the dude with the eye patch. Nick Fury?
I will never fault a black conservative for wearing body armor. That is the a demographic with absolutely no allies.
Kinda like when Hillary landed “under sniper fire.” Or when Anderson Cooper stood in a ditch during Hurricane reporting... yeah people exaggerate for ratings. Happens on both sides...
Speaking for somebody that lives near the border in Texas, it’s not ridiculous. Plus, it’s a state requirement that if you ride along, you must be protected. Just ask the 2 Chinese guys they caught. Report the facts!
Lookin like a $0.50 50 Cent
everyone’s wearing costumes
That’s all they were mocked for?
Women and children really scare him.
And this, kids, is what happens when you overdress.
I would bet that border patrol agents don't think it's ridiculous.
'after catching flak on social media'
Glad to see snek pisscan is once again keeping an eye out for us all
Looks like a cut scene from Metal Gear Solid.
If you're against the wall And your family feels their wrath Don't look to me for sympathy I'm with Trump on blocking their path
Is it Halloween already?
You. Are. Exposed. For. Idiocy. FauxNews
The graphic here really is a representation of fakenews for the sake of selling papers and grabbing headlines. One would think you guys are reporting from a war zone. What's up with eyepatch guy? mercenaries on foxnews now?
More people were killed in mexcio than in Iraq during the Iraq war period.
Yeah, it’s to protect him from all the tacos flying across the border!
Hey fakenews you forgot to say that border police told him he had to wear it.
This screenshot looks like it would belong in an Austin Powers movie.
He is black. He did the right thing. These racists will shoot him and say it was an illegal. Racism is real in America.
Trump declared big changes at border. Vest will be gone for tonight’s report. 😎
Did he think no one would notice?
yes it exagirate and racism
It’s a humanitarian crisis! Do something
He should have been mocked for working for Fox News to begin with.
Looks like a Skype call between 3 very boring villains.
new Avengers movie looks whack
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