President Obama Condemns Killings Of Two NYPD Officers

Posted by | December 22, 2014 10:30 | Filed under: Contributors Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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On Saturday afternoon, 28 year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot and killed NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn, in what Brinsley said was an act of revenge for the killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Brinsley had warned of his impending attack on Instagram, and shortly after carrying it out, took his own life as police closed in on him at a subway platform. The killings quickly became a rallying point for politicians and officials who looked to blame the killings on efforts to hold police accountable for the conduct and policies that have resulted in fractured relations with the black community.

President Obama, currently vacationing in Hawaii, released a statement late Saturday night, condemning the killings (via email from The White House):

I unconditionally condemn today’s murder of two police officers in New York City. Two brave men won’t be going home to their loved ones tonight, and for that, there is no justification. The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day – and they deserve our respect and gratitude every single day. Tonight, I ask people to reject violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal – prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen.

On Sunday morning, the President called New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton as well, to express condolences for the slain officers. From White House spokesman Eric Schultz…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

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.

14 responses to President Obama Condemns Killings Of Two NYPD Officers

  1. StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 10:52

    Wait for the outrage from the right wingnuts..
    “Obama vacations in Hawaii,(out side of the country) while police officers are being gunned down in the streets”..

  2. StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 11:52

    Wait for the outrage from the right wingnuts..n”Obama vacations in Hawaii,(out side of the country) while police officers are being gunned down in the streets”..

  3. burqa December 22nd, 2014 at 12:02

    Did he call it terrorism? Huh? Did he call it terrorism?

  4. burqa December 22nd, 2014 at 13:02

    Did he call it terrorism? Huh? Did he call it terrorism?

  5. Red Eye Robot December 22nd, 2014 at 12:15

    He issued a statement? written by a PR spokesman? he didn’t even hold a short presser? http://youtu.be/efZNgSEpB1k Trayvon got a live presser. I guess Ramos & Liu don’t look like Obama’s sons. Why did he go to the trouble he did? why not just tweet it?

    • StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 13:43

      Would you like some Cheese with your Whine?

  6. Red Eye Robot December 22nd, 2014 at 13:15

    He issued a statement? written by a PR spokesman? he didn’t even hold a short presser? http://youtu.be/efZNgSEpB1k Trayvon got a live presser. I guess Ramos & Liu don’t look like Obama’s sons. Why did he go to the trouble he did? why not just tweet it?

    • StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 14:43

      Would you like some Cheese with your Whine?

  7. Wayout December 22nd, 2014 at 12:21

    I would hope so. When is he going to apologize for immediately coming out against the police and encouraging the demonstrations to continue, thus ginning up the discontent amongst some segments of the citizenry?

    That’s the problem with Obama, he immediately sides with one group of Americans over another. He did this over the Gates incident in Massachusetts, the Trayvon Martin kerfuffle, and then Ferguson. And I thought he was supposed to be the President of all of us. Silly me.

    • StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 13:46

      Your overt ignorance not only puts you in an ugly light..
      But it also makes me feel embarrassed for you.

    • tracey marie December 22nd, 2014 at 15:18

      Demonstrations are legal, just as your teabagg friends and all their racist demonstrations

  8. Wayout December 22nd, 2014 at 13:21

    I would hope so. When is he going to apologize for immediately coming out against the police and encouraging the demonstrations to continue, thus ginning up the discontent amongst some segments of the citizenry?nnnThat’s the problem with Obama, he immediately sides with one group of Americans over another. He did this over the Gates incident in Massachusetts, the Trayvon Martin kerfuffle, and then Ferguson. And I thought he was supposed to be the President of all of us. Silly me.

    • StoneyCurtisll December 22nd, 2014 at 14:46

      Your overt ignorance not only puts you in an ugly light..nBut it also makes me feel embarrassed for you.

    • tracey marie December 22nd, 2014 at 16:18

      Demonstrations are legal, just as your teabagg friends and all their racist demonstrations

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