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Obama on Ferguson: Time to listen, not just shout
Associated Press ^ | Aug 18, 2014 4:54 PM EDT

Posted on 08/18/2014 2:11:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Calling for understanding in the face of racially charged anger, President Barack Obama said Monday that the vast majority of protesters in a St. Louis suburb were peaceful, but warned that a small minority was undermining justice for the unarmed black man shot and killed by police.

During a brief pause in his summer vacation, Obama expressed sympathy for the “passions and anger” sparked by the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, but said giving in to that anger through looting and attacks on police only stirs tensions and leads to further chaos. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; fergusonriots; missouri; nero; obama; obamapresser; strawman
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1 posted on 08/18/2014 2:11:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
FUBO!
2 posted on 08/18/2014 2:12:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Olog-hai

This, from the guy who gave us “I won.”


3 posted on 08/18/2014 2:12:52 PM PDT by pogo101
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His democrat party brought people from outside of the town and state to cause strife.


4 posted on 08/18/2014 2:15:18 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Olog-hai

Why any whites or police or business owners ever vote for Democrats bewilders me. When it comes to blood in the streets, we’re all expendable except for abortionists and black and brown criminals.


5 posted on 08/18/2014 2:16:27 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Olog-hai
Okay Obama you go first. You are after all the leader of the United States. Set the tone, ask for peace and patience...
6 posted on 08/18/2014 2:16:42 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Olog-hai
Why don't you listen, 0bama? Not just to "your" people but to all sides.

7 posted on 08/18/2014 2:18:55 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Olog-hai

So if a guy the size of this Michael thug goes into a mall and grabs two children by the throat and holds them up while choking them would anyone be yelling “Don’t shoot! He’s unarmed!” ??


8 posted on 08/18/2014 2:19:22 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Your feelings don't trump my free speech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Meanwhile, Mom Jeans sends Eric Himmler to Missouri to foment further racial division.


9 posted on 08/18/2014 2:23:24 PM PDT by 60Gunner (Fight with your head high, or grovel with your head low.)
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County investigation: Michael Brown was shot from the front, had marijuana in his system

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/18/county-investigation-michael-brown-was-shot-from-the-front-had-marijuana-in-his-system/


10 posted on 08/18/2014 2:24:00 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: Olog-hai

Buck stops at ...


11 posted on 08/18/2014 2:24:18 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: Olog-hai

Time to go back to the golf course, hang out with upper .01%, Obama, on Martha’s Vineyard.

Play golf with Alonzo “I Don’t have to submit to Obamacare” Mourning and your other buddies.


12 posted on 08/18/2014 2:25:16 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Olog-hai

Wait...Obama took a vacation from his vacation?


13 posted on 08/18/2014 2:26:00 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Olog-hai

President Platitude strikes again.


14 posted on 08/18/2014 2:28:40 PM PDT by OpusatFR (I did make that. No one else did the work.)
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To: Olog-hai

The pre-election riots must not be polling well.


15 posted on 08/18/2014 2:33:52 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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... but warned that a small minority was undermining justice for the unarmed black man shot and killed by police.

Unarmed, yes. But there was a pistol handy and it was only a question of whether he could get his big paws on it.

Regarding justice, it seems to me that it's already been served.

16 posted on 08/18/2014 2:35:02 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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17 posted on 08/18/2014 2:35:36 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Olog-hai

*****but said giving in to that anger through looting and attacks on police only stirs tensions and leads to further chaos******.

Aren’t those actions illegal and subject to arrest, prosecution and prison???

Oh sorry, I forgot, only white, Republican Governors are subject to indictment for doing their duty. Thugs, gang members, narcos and looters are just poor, misunderstood minorities who are above the law and beneath contempt.


18 posted on 08/18/2014 2:37:47 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
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“warned that a small minority was undermining justice”

Neither the mobs nor Obama are interested in actual justice. Justice involves a lawful and reasoned response to a set of facts that are dictated by all available evidence. The rioters are largely easily manipulated, overly emotional, and ignorant racists who jumped at the opportunity for in-your-face made-for-tv criminality and anarchy. Obama, like all the other race hustlers, wants to stoke racial strife for political ends.


19 posted on 08/18/2014 2:42:10 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: sodpoodle
Oh sorry, I forgot, only white, Republican Governors are subject to indictment for doing their duty. Thugs, gang members, narcos and looters are just poor, misunderstood minorities who are above the law and beneath contempt.

Welcome to Øbamastan!

20 posted on 08/18/2014 2:46:20 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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