Posted on 08/18/2014 2:11:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Calling for understanding in the face of racially charged anger, President Barack Obama said Monday that the vast majority of protesters in a St. Louis suburb were peaceful, but warned that a small minority was undermining justice for the unarmed black man shot and killed by police.
During a brief pause in his summer vacation, Obama expressed sympathy for the passions and anger sparked by the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, but said giving in to that anger through looting and attacks on police only stirs tensions and leads to further chaos.
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“The police acted stupidly” again?
Thugs who do the knockout game are never 'armed' either.
Lowlifes know the line - death puts them behind bars. So they beat a person to within a inch of thier life... Enough so the victim's in physical therapy for years... or blinded - but not dead. Death is a trip to the big house... Beat someone up, destroy their life and the thug's out on the street before the victim can walk...
What a tool. I know he’s doing it on purpose but why the heck does he have to show ANY credence to the protests.....this makes it drag on and on and on...
FU O.... isn’t he the one who said “if they bring a bat, we bring a gun”???
Clown Prince nobama remains feckless and ineffective in doing anything positive. What’s new?
They don’t want a conversation on race, they want a lecture.
> said Monday that the vast majority of protesters in a St. Louis suburb were peaceful, but warned that a small minority was undermining justice for the unarmed black man shot and killed by police.
Strange that he didn’t mention the liars related to the dead perp, who claim he was shot from behind (he wasn’t) and that the officer should already be under arrest. Thanks Olog-hai.
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