Posted on 08/15/2014 7:05:04 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) claimed that racial profiling is not a concern in Ferguson, Missouri, because all of the protesters are of a "continental origin."
Speaking on conservative network Newsmax TV on Wednesday, King disagreed that racial profiling played a role in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown or the targeting of those protesting his death because, King claims, everyone protesting the situation is black.
"This idea of no racial profiling ... I've seen the video. It looks to me like you don't need to bother with that particular factor because they all appear to be of a single origin, I should say, a continental origin might be the way to phrase that," he said.
(SNIP) King, however, accused the CBC of using race to politicize the situation.
"I just reject race-based politics, identity politics," he said. "I think we're all God's children. We all should be held to the same standards and the same level of behavior."
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Im sure Brown didn't use the most pleasant language against the Indian shopkeeper.
“”I think we’re all God’s children. We all should be held to the same standards and the same level of behavior.””
thats bound to infuriate a good number of so called ‘liberal”s
The protestors are of a Continental origin.
I blame Lincoln too.
King always puts out some good ones.
Same thing happens in Africa, they always arrest more blacks than they do whites there, racists!.
“Racial profiling” LOL
The thug had just stolen items then assaulted the clerk
This is just stupid. The protesters are after the fact of the shooting. It's not a relevant association. Ferguson is about 23 percent white, so the possibility of racial profiling is still valid.
There are a lot of lucid criticisms to be made of black behavior here, but King is just sloppy. He is not helping.
Webster: “continental- of or pertaining to the confederated colonies in the American Revolution”
“A soldier in the Continental Army of the American Revolution”
= pertaining to do with Europe not including Great Britain nor Russia
A popular dance of yesteryear
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