Posted on 04/29/2015 6:46:59 PM PDT by markomalley
President Barack Obama announced that he has no intention of appearing in Baltimore, Md., the city 43 miles from his White House residence which has been besieged by violent riots in the wake of the April 19 death of Freddie Gray.
Obama said he may visit Baltimore “once things clear up.” For now, though, he believes he should stay away because of the tense atmosphere and the massive police presence combating rioters.
The president made the statement on Wednesday morning during in an interview on “The Steve Harvey Morning Show,” according to CNN.
In the interview, Obama also condemned the high level of violence seen in Baltimore in recent days, calling the violence and looting “counterproductive.”
“The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there’s no excuse for that,” the president told Harvey. “That’s not a statement. That’s not politics. That’s not activism. It’s just criminal behavior.”
He addressed what he believes are the root causes of the rioting in the interview as well.
“If you send police officers into those situations where the drug trade is the primary economy and you say to them basically your job is to contain that and arrest kids and put them in jail when those police officers know [it’s not going to fix things], then it’s not surprising you end up with a situation of enormous tension between those communities and those police officers,” Obama opined.
Obama’s solution to the plague of violence in Baltimore is to build a huge, cradle-to-grave government apparatus to watch over people. He called for “a political movement” to assist people in poor communities from the time they are born which would include early childhood education, infrastructure spending and new drug sentencing laws.
In lieu of visiting riot-torn Baltimore on Wednesday, Obama dropped in for a surprise visit at a Teasim cafe. Teaism is a small chain of Asian-inspired restaurants in the Washington, D.C. area hawking tea as “art and love” — “not just commerce.” Menu items include golden monkey tea and lavender lemon mint tea as well as kale salad, a grass-fed burger and a handful of bento boxes.
A Time reporter, Zeke Miller, was at the restaurant. He attempted to report the event using his mobile phone and an app called Periscope. However, the effort fizzled when Obama demanded that Miller stop filming and Miller complied.
Yeah, the rioters are unlikely 0bama $ donors.
I think he’s making the right call this time. I think he ought to stay away too....
0bama needs to be wearing a body cam 24/7.
Obama hates looter people?
““If you send police officers into those situations where the drug trade is the primary economy”
Six years of Obama....
Children of LBJ.
Exactly
Considering the protection and caravan of SUV’s .... that’s all B’more needs right now ...
He can enjoy his work from a distance.
It’s just as well. He’d probably tell white people to get off their High Horses.
45 mils from his house too.
Because he knows under his influence his secret service detail is messed up.
I was just thinking today how Spiro T. Agnew read the “riot act” to the 1968 rioters, but it doesn’t seem like Mr. Hogan has that much to say. Agnew was rewarded with the V.P. nod in 1968 too, but MD voted for HHH and Muskie.
He’s already done that for a long time now, but the American people don’t know it.
Maybe we can arrange some transportation ?
Any golf courses there?
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” that’s not a statement! That’s not politics...”
That’s J.V. Boolsheet!
Pick it up guys
Obama needs some real action
Gotta break some eggs to make a delicious omelet
He’s already done that for a long time now, but the American people don’t know it.
He uses a mixture of Jive and Taqiyya.
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