Posted on 04/28/2015 5:16:03 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As National Guard troops responded to rioting in Baltimore, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that there have been too many troubling police interactions with black citizens across American in what he called "a slow-rolling crisis." But he said there was no excuse for rioters to engage in senseless violence.
Obama said people in Baltimore who stole from businesses and burned buildings and cars should be treated as criminals. "They aren't protesting, they aren't making a statement, they're stealing," Obama said.
Obama spoke at a White House press conference with the Japanese prime minister the day after violence broke out 40 miles north after the funeral for Freddie Gray, a black man who died in Baltimore police custody under mysterious circumstances.
Obama said the case should prompt some "soul searching" in America about communities where young men are more likely to end up in jail or dead than completing school. He said police shouldn't be expected to do the "dirty work" and solutions should involve early education, criminal justice reform and job training. He said American can't just "pay attention to these communities when a CVS burns."
"We have seen too many instances of what appears to be police officers interacting with individuals, primarily African-American, often poor, in ways that raise troubling questions. It comes up, it seems like, once a week now," Obama said. He said it's not new, but there's new awareness as a result of cameras and social media.
Obama has been struggling with the issue since protests erupted last year over the death of Michael Brown, a black teenager who was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury decided not to indict the police officer, Darren Wilson.
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Wish he’d just STFU already.
Nanny State PING!
Blacks are the problem.
That’s all there is to it.
Obama and the Left are completely discredited.
I’m having too many troubling interactions with black presidents.
yea maybe the cops should let these communities do what ever they want.
sarc
That is of course when a person needs a cop and then they moan about cops not being there.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
What is worse, in your opinion, Police on Black violence, or Black on everyone else violence?
This is a very large country. You can frame any agenda you like. There are a tremendous amount of police vs. black hoodlum incidents every week, just like there are police vs. white hoodlum incidents, take your pick. Yes, some due to a number of reasons may at first glance be questionable. A couple may be indefensible.
Obama will continue his subtle race baiting. He has unleashed a war on the police.
Typical 0bama. Same pattern over and over again.
First he condemns violence then he justifies it.
Does it with terrorism too.
Why doesn't he have them go and try to understand the gay community.
Bet they would like that.
In other words the statistically, most-prone-to-violent-criminal behavior group doesn’t like the group that enforces the law.
cops should just give them space /sarcasm
I agree. I wish urban feral blacks would stop being thug punks and act civil like everyone else seems to be able to do.
Doing his best to keep everyone divided I see. He didn’t even bother telling his sons to stop looting. Just blamed whitey, blamed police, and then blamed republicans. What a disgrace.
Black commits crime.
Police interene.
Black does something even dumber.
Darwin takes over.
Black lies.
Community burns.
Media fans flames.
Turns out cop was right.
Oops.
Obama and his ilk are a bunch of 60’s retreads.
“Obama has been struggling with the issue since”.. a White Cop Busted him for possessing CHOOM as a TEEN.. in Hawaii!!?
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