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Why Barack Obama should go to Ferguson
The Washington Post's The Fix ^
| November 21, 2014
| Vincent Bzdek
Posted on 11/21/2014 7:21:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In an unnerving intelligence bulletin issued this week, the FBI warned that the expected news this weekend that Officer Darren Wilson won't be indicted in the death of black teenager Michael Brown could set off violence across the country. A source told one of our reporters that some law enforcement officials fear that the reaction could be as bad as the deadly Watts riots of the 1960s.
"The announcement of the grand jury’s decision … will likely be exploited by some individuals to justify threats and attacks against law enforcement and critical infrastructure,” the FBI warned. “This also poses a threat to those civilians engaged in lawful or otherwise constitutionally protected activities.”
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) has imposed a state of emergency in St. Louis, gun sales have skyrocketed and Ku Klux Klan leaders have threatened “lethal force” against protesters.
But there might be a way to prevent the outbreak of violence....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ferguson; missouri; obama; raceriots
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Yeah, that's a good idea.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
... to get a face full of tear gas ...
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:22:16 PM PST
by
Fido969
(What's sad is most)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why doesn’t he just go to Hell....
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:23:53 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can’t see Barry the Emperor ever going to Ferguson. Way too may “typical” black people there.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:24:05 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Dude! Where's my Constitution?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why Barack Obama should go to Ferguson Then he could claim he was down with the struggle.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:24:52 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: clintonh8r
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:25:23 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A source told one of our reporters that some law enforcement officials fear that the reaction could be as bad as the deadly Watts riots of the 1960s. That was church day at Disneyland compared to '92.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:25:36 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:25:46 PM PST
by
hoe_cake
( Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why Barack Obama should go to Ferguson prison
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:26:50 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He’s too White for that. Well, Arab, anyway.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:27:57 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(Is this the Ebola and rumors of Ebola mentioned in the Bible?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Ferguson” is exactly as Obama wants it, racial upheaval. He will stay on his throne.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:28:26 PM PST
by
hoe_cake
( Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution)
To: clintonh8r
Why doesn’t he just go to Hell....Right. Straight to Hell.
Don't Pass Go and forget the handbasket, too.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:30:42 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I can’t see Barry the Emperor ever going to Ferguson. Way too may “typical” black people there.By calling Barry an Emperor you are assigning a level of manhood to him that he does not deserve. Now if you called him Queen Barry I would support your thought!
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:31:41 PM PST
by
eeriegeno
(<p>)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bro. Anthony Shahid, Traci Martin, Ishmael Muhammad and Michael Brown, Sr at Black Men only rally in St. Louis. a,pa.
anyone think CAIR and other Islamic organizations...Louis Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam comes to mind...have anything to do with promoting riots in Ferguson and other places...? .
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:33:51 PM PST
by
yoe
To: FlingWingFlyer
“typical” black people = the unwashed masses, by Obama’s elitist attitude
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:34:39 PM PST
by
hoe_cake
( Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution)
To: clintonh8r
“Why doesn’t he just go to Hell....”
:::::::::
Well, close would be either Cuba or Venezuela....where he could enjoy the totalitarianism he so loves and practices.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:37:35 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: 2ndDivisionVet
WTF?
The Community Organizer-in-Chief ENGINEERED #Ferguson.
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:39:47 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Because he’s the King of Ferghanistan?
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:42:11 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can only think of one reason why this would be a good idea.
... stray bullet ...
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:42:39 PM PST
by
CatOwner
To: clintonh8r
He’d rather bring hell to us
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posted on
11/21/2014 7:43:22 PM PST
by
Califreak
(Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S./CDC=Contagion Distribution Center)
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