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Obama Speaks on the Ferguson Decision
National Journal ^ | November 24, 2014 | Matt Berman

Posted on 11/24/2014 7:28:40 PM PST by Biggirl

At the culmination of a tumultuous day, President Obama spoke from the White House on the decision made in Ferguson not to prosecute the police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old African American man this past August. "We need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make," Obama said Monday night.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ferguson; police; wilson
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To: virgil

Has all the excitement ended?

I guess the looter had all their hits planned out and got the electronics, liquor and what have you they wanted and have gone home.


41 posted on 11/24/2014 8:17:17 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: Biggirl
"There is inevitably going to be some negative reaction, and it'll make for good TV"

-Baraq Hussein Obama-

42 posted on 11/24/2014 8:18:29 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Black Friday has come early! Oops!


43 posted on 11/24/2014 8:19:00 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: MeshugeMikey

“who could have predicted the split screen glory....here....”

Yeah, that screen was a classic. Not quite the epic fail of Neville Chamberlain triumphantly waving the piece of paper, but still, an impressive fail.


44 posted on 11/24/2014 8:20:28 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Morgana

I LOVE Heineken looter dude!


45 posted on 11/24/2014 8:20:57 PM PST by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: skimbell
He also said, "There are Americans who are deeply upset, even angry. It's an understandable reaction."

THIS is an understandable reaction? Seriously?

46 posted on 11/24/2014 8:22:18 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: skimbell

I couldn’t believe his statement “there will be some negative reaction and it will make for good TV”.

It is annoying, that there is probably one reporter out there for every two committed rioters. They are drawn to cameras and floodlights like moths. Don’t give them an audience, and they’ll go home with their booty.


47 posted on 11/24/2014 8:22:45 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: skimbell

Did you notice that the violence did not really kick in until AFTER Obama took to the airwaves?


48 posted on 11/24/2014 8:23:46 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Im so glad I managed to get it. Im certain that a few hundred or thousand others may well have...

Rome Burns while Emperor zero plays his flapping gums

Om going to use google images....special matching search option and see how many similar screen shots may have been psoted tonight


49 posted on 11/24/2014 8:24:00 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: virgil

I wonder if the liquor store was smart enough to put out the cheap stuff.


50 posted on 11/24/2014 8:24:02 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Biggirl

He appeared angry with the decision. Very curt with his comments.


51 posted on 11/24/2014 8:29:34 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Biggirl

It is difficult to distinguish a difference between mob rule and ObOzO rule.


52 posted on 11/24/2014 8:31:47 PM PST by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

It looks like there’s buildings on fire. I hope it’s not the liquor store. I have a soft spot for liquor stores.


53 posted on 11/24/2014 8:31:59 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: nevermorelenore

“If Obama could organize a community, it would look like Ferguson ....”


“It takes a village.”


54 posted on 11/24/2014 8:46:39 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Biggirl

I thought he met secretly with the riot organizers and told them to “stay the course”?


55 posted on 11/24/2014 8:47:33 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: Biggirl

Obama says it’s “understandable” that the community will be upset at the decision. What a dumb ass thing to say.

NO. It’s NOT understandable. All the evidence was presented at the grand jury, and it’s now clear that Brown attacked the officer in his police vehicle and ended up getting himself shot.

What would be normal and understandable would be for Obama and the community to say, yeah, OK, Brown was in the wrong and brought it on himself. What would be normal would be for Obama to warn young people to obey the law and not threaten police officers on the street.


56 posted on 11/24/2014 8:50:53 PM PST by mtrott
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To: eeriegeno; Biggirl
eeriegeno:" He did more than fan the flames, he provided the gasoline!"

STAY THE COURSE !!, doesn't sound consiliatory to me !!


57 posted on 11/24/2014 8:59:45 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Gasshog

Yeah, next to no riots means Hussein’s effort was wasted.


58 posted on 11/24/2014 9:15:47 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: mtrott
What would be normal and understandable would be for Obama and the community to say, yeah, OK, Brown was in the wrong and brought it on himself. What would be normal would be for Obama to warn young people to obey the law and not threaten police officers on the street.

It's not a normal world anymore. The revolutionists are in charge and the destruction of America is in full swing.
59 posted on 11/24/2014 9:31:31 PM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: FRiends
FREE REPUBLIC beat the media on this one!

last nights screen shots...posted here last night....and on the news sites...today




60 posted on 11/25/2014 9:19:52 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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