Quentin Tarantino defends himself on The View insisting he is NOT a cop-hater

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Tarantino appeared on Wednesday's episode of The View claiming he never said or implied that all cops are murderers
Director of Pulp Fiction sparked outrage last month when he called some officers 'murderers' during anti-police brutality rally
Police unions have said they plan to boycott Tarantino's latest film, The Hateful Eight, as well as all his past films
Filmmaker accused his critics of slandering and demonizing him in the media

Published: 17:32 EST, 18 November 2015 | Updated: 18:36 EST, 18 November 2015

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Beleaguered filmmaker Quentin Tarantino spoke out in his own defense on The View Wednesday, insisting that his comments about police officers have been taken out of context and unfairly used to vilify him.

The award-winning Hollywood auteur sparked a firestorm last month when he attended an anti-police brutally rally in New York and called some officers 'murderers.'

In response, hundreds of thousands of police officers have said they plan to boycott Tarantino's latest film, The Hateful Eight.

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Speaking out: Quentin Tarantino appeared on Wednesday's episode of The View to address the controversy surrounding his recent comments about police officers

Bad timing: Tarantino's comments drew ire also because they came just days after NYPD officer Randolph Holder (seen on the screen) was gunned down

On Wednesday's episode of the ABC daytime talk show co-hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, the 52-year-old director of Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained lamented that he was being unfairly portrayed in the media as someone who hates police.

‘I’m not anti-police. I’m not a cop-hater. They’re trying to vilify me as that,’ Tarantino said. ‘As far as I’m concerned, Patrick Lynch, the head of the NYPD union, is slandering me by calling me a cop-hater because they can’t deal with the criticism that I’m giving.’

I’m not anti-police. I’m not a cop-hater. They’re trying to vilify me as that.

Quentin Tarantino on The View

Tarantino went on to clarify his remarks delivered at the fateful Rise Up October rally held in Washington Square Park three weeks ago, saying he was not calling all cops murderers, but rather speaking of specific instances of alleged police brutality.

'We've seen captured on video time after time in sickening detail of in some cases what I actually do believe is murder,' he told the cast of The View.

He later elaborated, adding: ‘If I’m at an anti-nuclear rally, you know I’m talking about nuclear power. I wasn’t making a broad statement, I was talking about the issues we were talking about at that rally,’ he said.

Activist: Tarantino attends a march to denounce police brutality in Washington Square Park October 24

The filmmaker said organizers of the event could not postpone the rally because they had flown relatives of victims into New York to share their stories

‘I obviously do not believe that all cops are murderers. I didn’t say that, I didn’t imply that. I was talking about these specific cases.’

Tarantino's comments drew ire also because they came just days after NYPD officer Randolph Holder was gunned down while pursuing a suspect in Harlem.

I obviously do not believe that all cops are murderers. I didn’t say that, I didn’t imply that.

Quentin Tarantino

The award-winning director addressed the timing of the demonstration, calling it ‘unfortunate,’ but reiterated that it was too late to postpone it because organizers of Rise Up October had flown 40 families of victims of police brutality to New York that weekend to participate in the event.

‘Rallies like this take months to set in advance, and so we were sending the people down here. So what? Because that happened we're going to tell all the families, we're not going to hear your story,’ he said.

‘You're not going to say your peace. You're not going to talk about your loved ones. We're going to send you home, I’m sorry the timing is just not right, it’s not good. We're not going to do that. The people needed to be heard.’

Tarantino said we as a society need to have a discussion about what kind of a police force we want to have

Peeved: The 52-year-old auteur accused his detractors of trying to silence him and make an example out of him

A peeved Tarantino also touched upon the calls for boycotts of his films, accusing his critics of 'demonizing' him.

‘They don't want to handle this kind of criticism at least coming from somebody from where I'm coming from, from my type of stature.

‘And so the thing is they have to tear me down in the public and they're doing it by slander, not by my own words, and they're trying to discourage me from talking, to shut my mouth, and in particular, they're trying to tell any other person like me that feels this way to just stay out of it.‘