Posted on 07/14/2013 9:50:16 PM PDT by knak
President Obama called on the nation to honor Trayvon Martin a day after George Zimmerman was acquitted of his murder by asking "ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence."
His comments came as family members of Zimmerman and Martin, as well as pundits, celebrities, and court observers had strong reactions to Saturday’s not guilty verdict, with those reactions taking various forms — from joy and outrage to Shakespearean references and calls for peace.
"I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities," Obama said in a statement on Sunday.
"We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that's a job for all of us. That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin."
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Obama speaks with forked tongue as allowed, indeed promoted, by Sharia law.How else cannot such be true when he allows his trained and directed poodles under Holder to even ‘evaluate’ for charges.
Amen Brother:
We have a dolt leading our country.
The way to end gun violence is to deconstruct the GREAT SOCIETY, quit destroying our free market economy, and create jobs. But that’s not what the international leftist movement wants for this country. Obama is a figurehead.
I, personally, have never been, nor have I seen, anyone using weed that was anything BUT docile..and maybe hungry.
You want to knock on something, how about the DRANK/ghetto concoctions that most likely helped push him into ‘white rage’, along w/ the help of his ‘lovely’ non-cursive reading ‘girlfriend’
And east Los Angeles.
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