President Obama: ‘No Excuse’ For ‘Excessive Force’ By Police In Ferguson
Following an update on the situation in Iraq, where the siege of Mount Sinjar has ended, the President devoted the bulk of his statement to events in Ferguson. He said that he has been receiving updates from Attorney General Eric Holder, and promised a thorough, independent investigation. President Obama also said he had spoken with Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO), and expressed “concern over the violent turn events have taken on the ground, and underscored now is the time for all of us to reflect on what has happened and find a way to come together going forward.”
The President also spoke movingly about Michael Brown, saying “It is important to remember how this started. We lost a young man, Michael Brown, in a heartbreaking and tragic circumstance. He was 18 years old. His family will never hold Michael in their arms again.”
President Obama then turned to the police response, adding that “when something like this happens, the local authorities, including police, have the responsibility to be open and transparent about how they are investigating the death, and how they are protecting people in their communities.”
In case there was any doubt which “violent turn” he was talking about, the President went on to say that while “there is never an excuse for violence against police, or those who would use the tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting,” he added that “there is also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters, or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”
“Here in the United States of America,” Obama continued, “police should not be bullying or arresting journalists just trying to do their jobs and report to the American people what they are seeing on the ground. Put simply, we all need to hold ourselves to a high standard, particularly those of us positions in authority.”
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Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 16:56
A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo. or POTUS Obama would not hsve accurately delivered these accusations of “excessive force against peaceful protesters, or to throw protesters (and two reporters) in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Thankfully Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) now has the upper hand in command and control of as peaceful a resolution as is possible under these tragedies.
R.J. Carter August 14th, 2014 at 16:59
“A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo”
It does? Scoop!
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:04
Constitutional scholar, legal professor and POTUS Barack Obama J.D. doesn’t make accusatory statements ‘off the cuff’ without preemptively knowing the body of evidence.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:18
Surely you jest with your description of the POTUS as a constitutional scholar. If he is as you claim, then he certainly knows how he is running roughshod over that.great document.
Dwendt44 August 14th, 2014 at 18:20
How so? Can’t think of anything he’s done that hasn’t been common practice or occurrence for many years.
natilie August 14th, 2014 at 18:48
It is not a claim. It is a fact. That is what Obama is. He’s a constitutional law professor and civil rights attorney.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 20:30
And a poor one at that.
natilie August 14th, 2014 at 20:48
What you want him to be and what he is are 2 different things.
majii August 14th, 2014 at 22:15
It’s past the time for people like you to put up or shut up. Please provide evidence that President Obama wasn’t a constitutional law professor before he became a U.S. Senator, and please, please, please, provide evidence that he was a “poor one at that.”
Now, you may disagree with someone on the issues, but it’s not a good idea to make specious claims about them because your beliefs differ from theirs. If the alleged victim chooses to seek relief by taking the claim to court, the defendant (you) might not like the outcome, if the court rules in the plaintiff’s favor and finds the defendant is indeed guilty of slander/libel.
It’s also bad form, imo, to deny anyone his/her accomplishments based on superficial reasons. You didn’t attend law school with Barack Obama, and you weren’t one of his law school students. All you have is your dislike of him, and for you, that’s enough of a reason for you to talk sh*t about him while having no evidence to support your claim(s.) I would probably win the prize on Jeopardy hands down if the clue were, between the two of you, who’s the better-educated, you or the president?
What worries you most? Is it that he’s an accomplished POC? is wealthier than you and you think that should never happen in your America? he’s a democrat? he’s too tall? too short? he has a stable marriage? has kids that don’t get in trouble? has come to your house and personally taken every gun you have? He’s stopped you from going wherever you want to go and doing whatever you damn well please?
Or, are you pissed because he doesn’t rollover and allow the GOPTPers in Congress to have their way?
If this is the reason, you don’t understand how democratic forms of government work, but I think you have a pretty good understanding of how fascist governments operate.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 21:05
Surely you jest! As proven by court jester Darrell Issa’s 50 weeks of hearings per year delivering exactly “0 indictments”(☯‿☯)
“He’s damaged goods that is why they had to replace him as chairman”-Leader Pelosi preempts the 4 GOP Benghazi bodies final rulings, each concluding the same as the I.G. report “No stand down order” and ‘no wrongdoing by the White House.’ Vs Rusty the always wrong racist and his Marionette puppets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQUKE-SLuI
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:39
“that great document”
YOU should talk about the Constitution. Just yesterday you talked about closing the Southern border to keep Muslims (!) from practicing their religion in the US. You’re so ignorant, you probably think Muslims come from Latin America,
YOU hate America so much that just this morning you declared that you’re “not that aggrieved” about 4000+ US troops who were needlessly killed in Dubya’s unnecessary war of choice in Iraq.
You make me sick.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:04
Constitutional scholar, legal professor and POTUS Barack Obama J.D. doesn’t make accusatory statements ‘off the cuff’ without preemptively knowing the body of evidence.
R.J. Carter August 14th, 2014 at 16:59
“A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo”
It does? Scoop!
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:22
Hey genius, in Missouri there is a law that says one must show an I D to an LEO if asked to produce one. They were asked and they ddn’t comply so they were lawfully arrested. Their occupation as journalists does not excuse them from obeying the law.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 20:47
“That’s right! And for once I agree with the President.”-J. T. Wayout above crashes and burns below and herein “..lawfully arrested. Their occupation as journalists…” O’Really?
1) Why were these two journalists released without charges?
2) Why is there no “paperwork”?
A: These two journalists were ‘unlawfully arrested’ in fact.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 16:56
A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo. or POTUS Obama would not hsve accurately delivered these accusations of “excessive force against peaceful protesters, or to throw protesters (and two reporters) in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Thankfully Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) now has the upper hand in command and control of as peaceful a resolution as is possible under these tragedies.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 16:56
A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo. or POTUS Obama would not hsve accurately delivered these accusations of “excessive force against peaceful protesters, or to throw protesters (and two reporters) in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Thankfully Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO) now has the upper hand in command and control of as peaceful a resolution as is possible under these tragedies.
R.J. Carter August 14th, 2014 at 16:59
“A.G. Holder’s DOJ investigation has irrefutable evidence of criminal abuses in Ferguson, Mo”
It does? Scoop!
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:04
Constitutional scholar, legal professor and POTUS Barack Obama J.D. doesn’t make accusatory statements ‘off the cuff’ without preemptively knowing the body of evidence.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:18
Surely you jest with your description of the POTUS as a constitutional scholar. If he is as you claim, then he certainly knows how he is running roughshod over that.great document.
Dwendt44 August 14th, 2014 at 18:20
How so? Can’t think of anything he’s done that hasn’t been common practice or occurrence for many years.
natilie August 14th, 2014 at 18:48
It is not a claim. It is a fact. That is what Obama is. He’s a constitutional law professor and civil rights attorney.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 20:30
And a poor one at that.
natilie August 14th, 2014 at 20:48
What you want him to be and what he is are 2 different things.
majii August 14th, 2014 at 22:15
It’s past the time for people like you to put up or shut up. Please provide evidence that President Obama wasn’t a constitutional law professor before he became a U.S. Senator, and please, please, please, provide evidence that he was a “poor one at that.”
Now, you may disagree with someone on the issues, but it’s not a good idea to make specious claims about them because your beliefs differ from theirs. If the alleged victim chooses to seek relief by taking the claim to court, the defendant (you) might not like the outcome, if the court rules in the plaintiff’s favor and finds the defendant is indeed guilty of slander/libel.
It’s also bad form, imo, to deny anyone his/her accomplishments based on superficial reasons. You didn’t attend law school with Barack Obama, and you weren’t one of his law school students. All you have is your dislike of him, and for you, that’s enough of a reason for you to talk sh*t about him while having no evidence to support your claim(s.) I would probably win the prize on Jeopardy hands down if the clue were, between the two of you, who’s the better-educated, you or the president?
What worries you most? Is it that he’s an accomplished POC? is wealthier than you and you think that should never happen in your America? he’s a democrat? he’s too tall? too short? he has a stable marriage? has kids that don’t get in trouble? has come to your house and personally taken every gun you have? He’s stopped you from going wherever you want to go and doing whatever you damn well please?
Or, are you pissed because he doesn’t rollover and allow the GOPTPers in Congress to have their way?
If this is the reason, you don’t understand how democratic forms of government work, but I think you have a pretty good understanding of how fascist governments operate.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 21:05
Surely you jest! As proven by court jester Darrell Issa’s 50 weeks of hearings per year delivering exactly “0 indictments”(☯‿☯)
“He’s damaged goods. That is why they had to replace him as chairman”-Leader Pelosi preempts the 4 GOP Benghazi committees final rulings, each concluding the same as the I.G. report “No stand down order” and ‘no wrongdoing by the White House.’ Vs Rusty the always wrong racist and his Marionette puppets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQUKE-SLuI
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:39
“that great document”
YOU should talk about the Constitution. Just yesterday you talked about closing the Southern border to keep Muslims (!) from practicing their religion in the US. You’re so ignorant, you probably think Muslims come from Latin America,
YOU hate America so much that just this morning you declared that you’re “not that aggrieved” about 4000+ US troops who were needlessly killed in Dubya’s unnecessary war of choice in Iraq.
You make me sick.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:22
Hey genius, in Missouri there is a law that says one must show an I D to an LEO if asked to produce one. They were asked and they ddn’t comply so they were lawfully arrested. Their occupation as journalists does not excuse them from obeying the law.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 20:47
“That’s right! And for once I agree with the President.”-J. T. Wayout above crashes and burns below and herein:
J. T. Wayout “lawfully arrested. Their occupation as journalists…” O’Really?
1) Why were these two journalists released without any charges filed?
2) Why is there no “paperwork”?
A: These two journalists were ‘unlawfully arrested.’ In fact, it is not a crime to eat food & do paperwork in a Mc’D’s as paying customers while they’re preparing to close! Lol.
Rixar13 August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
There is No Excuse… Time to hold these Rogue Cops accountable.
Rixar13 August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
There is No Excuse… Time to hold these Rogue Cops accountable.
Always Right August 14th, 2014 at 17:21
Yes, and hold those who are stirring up the unrest accountable too. Throwing gas on a fire serves no good purpose. Al Sharpton never shows up with a solution; just makes a situation worst, no matter what he says because his track record has spoken for itself.
They don’t even know race of the policeman who did the shooting.
http://radio.foxnews.com/2014/08/12/black-activist-kevin-jackson-i-guarantee-the-cop-who-shot-teen-in-ferguson-was-black/
mea_mark August 14th, 2014 at 17:23
You mean this guy … http://t.co/SVj2z9sTNJ Not confirmed yet of course, but …
mea_mark August 14th, 2014 at 17:23
You mean this guy … http://t.co/SVj2z9sTNJ Not confirmed yet of course, but …
edmeyer_able August 14th, 2014 at 17:59
This witness makes a statement that confirms the one given by Michael Brown’s friend and has stated that he was caucasian.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/new_video_witness_in_michael_brown_shooting.html
damorganjr August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
I get the police are going about this the wrong way, but, It would have been helpful for Obama to suggest to the citizens that they should not loot, rob, or burn down businesses. They should also stop throwing things at the police. Throwing a bottle at someone holding a gun is generally not a smart move. Especially when that person holding a gun has a badge. Then you’re opening yourself up to being shot. Plain and simple. If I were on that police force, I would simply resign and move away. The police there will NEVER again have any kind of control of that community…. Focus on the justice for Michael Brown and not the folks running of the fuel of Sharpton and company.
majii August 14th, 2014 at 21:54
Where have you been? The president already addressed the looting.
damorganjr October 12th, 2014 at 10:50
Sorry about that Majii. I had been busy and not heard him address the looting. It was hard to hear over the underlying attempts to vilify the officer without due process.
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:27
From the article posted above:
“the President went on to say … “there is never an excuse for
violence against police, or those who would use the tragedy as a cover
for vandalism or looting,”
Don’t you ever take the time to read before making uninformed comments? Guess not.
damorganjr August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
I get the police are going about this the wrong way, but, It would have been helpful for Obama to suggest to the citizens that they should not loot, rob, or burn down businesses. They should also stop throwing things at the police. Throwing a bottle at someone holding a gun is generally not a smart move. Especially when that person holding a gun has a badge. Then you’re opening yourself up to being shot. Plain and simple. If I were on that police force, I would simply resign and move away. The police there will NEVER again have any kind of control of that community…. Focus on the justice for Michael Brown and not the folks running of the fuel of Sharpton and company.
Rixar13 August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
There is No Excuse… Time to hold these Rogue Cops accountable.
Always Right August 14th, 2014 at 17:21
Yes, and hold those who are stirring up the unrest accountable too. Throwing gas on a fire serves no good purpose. Al Sharpton never shows up with a solution; just makes a situation worst, no matter what he says because his track record has spoken for itself.
They don’t even know race of the policeman who did the shooting.
http://radio.foxnews.com/2014/08/12/black-activist-kevin-jackson-i-guarantee-the-cop-who-shot-teen-in-ferguson-was-black/
mea_mark August 14th, 2014 at 17:23
You mean this guy … http://t.co/SVj2z9sTNJ Not confirmed yet of course, but … Twitter has erased the image but can be retrieved here https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bu8E-pBCIAIe6RT.jpg:large
edmeyer_able August 14th, 2014 at 17:59
This witness makes a statement that confirms the one given by Michael Brown’s friend and has stated that he was caucasian.
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/08/new_video_witness_in_michael_brown_shooting.html
natilie August 14th, 2014 at 18:43
fox screwed news
damorganjr August 14th, 2014 at 17:02
I get the police are going about this the wrong way, but, It would have been helpful for Obama to suggest to the citizens that they should not loot, rob, or burn down businesses. They should also stop throwing things at the police. Throwing a bottle at someone holding a gun is generally not a smart move. Especially when that person holding a gun has a badge. Then you’re opening yourself up to being shot. Plain and simple. If I were on that police force, I would simply resign and move away. The police there will NEVER again have any kind of control of that community…. Focus on the justice for Michael Brown and not the folks running of the fuel of Sharpton and company.
majii August 14th, 2014 at 21:54
Where have you been? The president already addressed the looting.
damorganjr October 12th, 2014 at 10:50
Sorry about that Majii. I had been busy and not heard him address the looting. It was hard to hear over the underlying attempts to vilify the officer without due process.
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:27
From the article posted above:
“the President went on to say … “there is never an excuse for
violence against police, or those who would use the tragedy as a cover
for vandalism or looting,”
Don’t you ever take the time to read before making uninformed comments? Guess not.
Always Right August 14th, 2014 at 17:08
President Obama doesn’t do himself any favors by sharing his opinion. Didn’t he learn anything from the Cambridge Police case? He said mostly the right things, but left enough of an impression that he was putting most of the blame on the police.
I found this sound bite from the President on the German news. It would explain why he comments like he does. http://stg.do/mfuh
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:13
POTUS Obama “has been receiving updates from Attorney General Eric Holder, and promised a thorough, independent investigation.” A.G. Holder’s initial DOJ investigation is well under way with preliminary results obvious to any legal scholar and legally informed Constitutionally literate citizen. Study-up!
BTW your errant link lacks any context of POTUS Obama quoting somebody else. Thanks for maintaining your ‘Always Wrong’ lack of credibility e.g. “Stage created by preacher 2014-06-30 with 0 comments.” Here is that sound byte in full context as delivered: “Remarks by the President in Address to European Youth, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
uzza August 14th, 2014 at 20:09
Wow, that breaks the world record for dishonest quote mining. Lemmee see if I can do it too.
Always Right
• 3 hours ago President Obama doesn’t dosaidhimself any favors by sharing his opinion. Didn’t he learn anything from the Cambridge Police case? He
mostly the right things, but left enough of an impressionthat he wasputting most of the bla me on the police. I found this so und bite from the Presidentonthe German news.It would explain why he comments like he does.Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 20:32
Uzza crowns the new winner! “world record for dishonest quote mining”-Exactly! They’ve got nothing remaining but fools gold Palin quotes to defend their ‘best & brightest candidates’ actual statements.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:13
POTUS Obama “has been receiving updates from Attorney General Eric Holder, and promised a thorough, independent investigation.” A.G. Holder’s initial DOJ investigation is well under way with preliminary results obvious to any legal scholar and legally informed Constitutionally literate citizen. Study-up!
BTW your errant link lacks any context of POTUS Obama quoting somebody else. Thanks for maintaining your ‘Always Wrong’ lack of credibility e.g. “Stage created by preacher 2014-06-30 with 0 comments.” Here is that sound byte in full context as delivered: “Remarks by the President in Address to European Youth, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 19:56
“Always Right ” is despicable and dishonest! Your out of context linked quote is hereby as debunked, and is as your false nom de plume:
POTUS Obama actually said -” And those ideas eventually inspired a band of colonialists across an ocean, and they wrote them into the founding documents that still guide America today, including the simple truth that all men — and women — are created equal.
But those ideals have also been tested — here in Europe and around the world. Those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power. This alternative vision argues (Cutout Soundbyte begin via ‘Always Wrong’: that ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs, that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign.- (Soundbyte End) Often, this alternative vision roots itself in the notion that by virtue of race or faith or ethnicity, some are inherently superior to others, and that individual identity must be defined by “us” versus “them,” or that national greatness must flow not by what a people stand for, but by what they are against.”- Via http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
OldLefty August 14th, 2014 at 20:40
When did he ever say that???
It looks fake.
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:24
Do you right-wingers have any shame or human decency at all? It doesn’t look like it.
Always Right August 15th, 2014 at 18:05
What was indecent? I questioned the president speaking before all the facts are known when it makes him looked uninformed; like he was with the Cambridge police incident
How were right wingers involved, this sound bite came from a German source I was told.
jasperjava August 15th, 2014 at 18:30
Right-wingers are always willing to believe bull$hit quotes from dubious sources, as long as it supports their irrational hatred of the first African-American President.
It’s either a lack of human decency, or a sad case of ignorant gullibility. You decide.
Always Right August 14th, 2014 at 17:08
President Obama doesn’t do himself any favors by sharing his opinion. Didn’t he learn anything from the Cambridge Police case? He said mostly the right things, but left enough of an impression that he was putting most of the blame on the police.
I found this sound bite from the President on the German news. It would explain why he comments like he does. http://stg.do/mfuh
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 17:13
POTUS Obama “has been receiving updates from Attorney General Eric Holder, and promised a thorough, independent investigation.” A.G. Holder’s initial DOJ investigation is well under way with preliminary results obvious to any legal scholar and legally informed Constitutionally literate citizen. Study-up!
BTW your errant link lacks any context of POTUS Obama quoting somebody else. Thanks for maintaining your ‘Always Wrong’ lack of credibility e.g. “Stage created by preacher 2014-06-30 with 0 comments.” Here is that sound byte in full context as delivered: “Remarks by the President in Address to European Youth, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
uzza August 14th, 2014 at 20:09
Wow, that breaks the world record for dishonest quote mining. Lemmee see if I can do it too.
Always Right … said … that he was … a … m … o … r … on.
It would explain why he comments like he does.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 20:32
Uzza crowns the new winner! “world record for dishonest quote mining”-Exactly! They’ve got nothing remaining but fools gold Palin quotes to defend their ‘best & brightest candidates’ actual statements.
Obewon August 14th, 2014 at 19:56
“Always Right ” is despicable and dishonest! Your out of context linked quote is hereby as debunked, and is as your false nom de plume:
POTUS Obama actually said -” And those ideas eventually inspired a band of colonialists across an ocean, and they wrote them into the founding documents that still guide America today, including the simple truth that all men — and women — are created equal.
But those ideals have also been tested — here in Europe and around the world. Those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power. This alternative vision argues (Cutout Soundbyte begin via ‘Always Wrong’: that ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs, that order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign.- (Soundbyte End) Often, this alternative vision roots itself in the notion that by virtue of race or faith or ethnicity, some are inherently superior to others, and that individual identity must be defined by “us” versus “them,” or that national greatness must flow not by what a people stand for, but by what they are against.”- Via http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/26/remarks-president-address-european-youth
OldLefty August 14th, 2014 at 20:40
When did he ever say that???
It looks fake.
jasperjava August 14th, 2014 at 22:24
Do you right-wingers have any shame or human decency at all? It doesn’t look like it.
Always Right August 15th, 2014 at 18:05
What was indecent? I questioned the president speaking before all the facts are known when it makes him looked uninformed; like he was with the Cambridge police incident
How were right wingers involved, this sound bite came from a German source I was told.
jasperjava August 15th, 2014 at 18:30
Right-wingers are always willing to believe bull$hit quotes from dubious sources, as long as it supports their irrational hatred of the first African-American President.
It’s either a lack of human decency, or a sad case of ignorant gullibility. You decide.
TheNeedle August 14th, 2014 at 17:18
Wingnut freakout ENGAGE!
TheNeedle August 14th, 2014 at 17:18
Wingnut freakout ENGAGE!
TheNeedle August 14th, 2014 at 17:18
Wingnut freakout ENGAGE!
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:14
That’s right! And for once I agree with the President. And it is time that we de-militarize the police forces around this country like the one we are seeing here in Ferguson, Missouri. Why do they need mine resistant military vehicles and police officers dressed in military fatigues? This type of thing is giving those policemen a different mindset, as if they are now warriors instead of peace officers. Every citizen should be questioning what is happening here with the militarization of the nation’s police.
John Tarter August 14th, 2014 at 18:14
That’s right! And for once I agree with the President. And it is time that we de-militarize the police forces around this country like the one we are seeing here in Ferguson, Missouri. Why do they need mine resistant military vehicles and police officers dressed in military fatigues? This type of thing is giving those policemen a different mindset, as if they are now warriors instead of peace officers. Every citizen should be questioning what is happening here with the militarization of the nation’s police.
NW10 August 14th, 2014 at 19:17
President Obama should’ve walked out with this N.W.A. classic playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YgZX9Thm0
(((NW10,PATRIOT! ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ))) August 14th, 2014 at 19:17
President Obama should’ve walked out with this N.W.A. classic playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2YgZX9Thm0
madashellnow August 14th, 2014 at 22:56
The rioters in this community should be condemned! The facts aren’t even out yet. Further, when was the last time a black person shot and killed a white person and the white people went to the street to riot and loot. Everyone of them should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Anomaly 100 August 14th, 2014 at 23:05
You mad?
madashellnow August 14th, 2014 at 22:56
The rioters in this community should be condemned! The facts aren’t even out yet. Further, when was the last time a black person shot and killed a white person and the white people went to the street to riot and loot. Everyone of them should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Anomaly 100 August 14th, 2014 at 23:05
You mad?