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Obama: Mistrust of police corrodes America
The Saint Paul Pioneer Press ^ | September 27, 2014 | Darlene Superville

Posted on 09/27/2014 9:20:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Barack Obama on Saturday said the widespread mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, is corroding America, not just its black communities, and that the wariness flows from significant racial disparities in the administration of justice.

Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual awards dinner, Obama said these suspicions only harm communities that need law enforcement the most....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; darlenesuperville; ferguson; obama; police; policemilitarization; racism
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He becomes "blacker" by the day because he thinks it'll help him in November.
1 posted on 09/27/2014 9:20:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Sit down and have a beer with ‘em, eh, Zero?


2 posted on 09/27/2014 9:22:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe he should suggest that black youth stop robbing and committing crimes that put them at odds with the law. How bout that message for a change. Policemen are there to protect law abiding citizens from criminals.


3 posted on 09/27/2014 9:22:50 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama’s the jerk throwing gasoline on the fire.


4 posted on 09/27/2014 9:22:53 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Call the pResident a WHAAAAAHHMbyoolance!


5 posted on 09/27/2014 9:23:51 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

UnBeFreakingLievable.


6 posted on 09/27/2014 9:24:30 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
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To: Blue Jays
One thing that I will say about President Obama...he is absolutely relentless in his hatred for America, the American lifestyle, and our unique American exceptionalism. He hates it to the core.
7 posted on 09/27/2014 9:24:50 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mistrust of this President corrodes America. Most police are worthy of respect.


8 posted on 09/27/2014 9:25:00 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: rockinqsranch

Duh BO, why is it that these communities need law enforcement the most?


9 posted on 09/27/2014 9:25:56 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His solution to the distrust of government is more government.


10 posted on 09/27/2014 9:26:20 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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To: NoLibZone

“His solution to the distrust of government is more government.”

Hammer.

Nail.


11 posted on 09/27/2014 9:28:47 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

May he gag on his boyfriend.


12 posted on 09/27/2014 9:29:22 PM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

uh ... he’s right.

The only people who blindly trust LE are little old ladies who think it’s 1972.


13 posted on 09/27/2014 9:31:19 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: NoLibZone
His solution to the distrust of government is more government.

The insanity of LIbEraliSm, in a nutshell.
14 posted on 09/27/2014 9:31:38 PM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mistrust of the President destroys Obama’s America. When the highest level of law enforcement ignores/mutilates the law, there can be no more trust.


15 posted on 09/27/2014 9:32:36 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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This guy's had the full force of the Justice Department and his office to try and find us examples of this "injustice" he speaks about, and yet the best he can come up with is Ferguson and Zimmerman.

He hates that there isn't this injustice to be found, so he lies. What a

16 posted on 09/27/2014 9:35:07 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry it is not the “mistrust of police” that is corroding America. America is being destroyed by the dangerous fraud of “multiculturalism” and the similar delusions of dopey people.


17 posted on 09/27/2014 9:43:29 PM PDT by allendale
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just performing his evil divisive act of the day.


18 posted on 09/27/2014 9:45:34 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If “it’s” black odds are it’s poisonous.. on most levels..


19 posted on 09/27/2014 9:48:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember local cops complaining about the “no snitch attitude” in the African American community.


20 posted on 09/27/2014 9:50:37 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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