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Obama vows to address 'simmering distrust' between police, minorities
yahoo ^ | 12/1/2014 | Steve Holland and Julia Edwards Reuters

Posted on 12/01/2014 4:12:07 PM PST by mdittmar

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a forceful pledge on Monday to use his last two years in office to address the "simmering distrust" between police and minority communities as he requested $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval triggered in Ferguson, Missouri.

Obama said he would set up a task force to study how to improve community policing with an eye toward building trust between law enforcement and communities of color. He also said he would consider imposing tighter controls on the proliferation of military-style weaponry and equipment provided to many police departments.

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To: Sooth2222

Thought they might be communities that had to paint their home a certain color,like CCRs rules?


41 posted on 12/01/2014 4:40:14 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

In other words.... $200 million to go to the groups who protested in Ferguson, and $53 million to DEM COFFERS.


42 posted on 12/01/2014 4:48:28 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: mdittmar

I am shocked to see many Freepers AGREEING with Obama about police cameras.

If you agree with Obama about anything, you need to check yourself.

Yes, he does often say things that are undeniably, factually correct. That is part of his life-long training to be an expert at conversational hypnosis.

But before we start nodding our heads and falling under his collective spell, remember that he wants a NATIONAL POLICE force EQUIVALENT to our military.

That is something we definitely do not want or need.

This is a man who we need to keep far, far away from local law enforcement.

We do not need any federal laws dictating cameras or what tools police should use or not use.

We do not need any federal programs providing funds or partial funds to meet Obama’s local law enforcement objectives.


43 posted on 12/01/2014 4:53:16 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: TigerClaws

Barack Obama, the law and order president.


44 posted on 12/01/2014 4:55:33 PM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: mdittmar

I guess whites have to riot before Obola will address the “simmering distrust” between caucasions and his black supremecist Just-us department.


45 posted on 12/01/2014 4:56:28 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: mdittmar

Is that like, “Red Hook”, or “Brownsville” maybe?


46 posted on 12/01/2014 4:58:31 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: mdittmar

He needs to twist the recipe for civil unrest a little. This one isn’t working well enough.


47 posted on 12/01/2014 5:00:20 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Logical me

You mean “bated breath”, as in abated. At least I hope so. You haven’t been snacking on the worms, have you?


48 posted on 12/01/2014 5:00:42 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: mdittmar

Does anybody actually listen to him anymore?


49 posted on 12/01/2014 5:08:01 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: INVAR
Actually, the genocide runs the other way in this country.

Those useless mutants in Ferguson are the ones who slipped through the tentacles of Planned Parenthood ... you know, the abortion/eugenics movement that targets minorities and plies their trade with the full support and protection of Barack Hussein Obama, black political and "community" leaders across the country, and the Democrat/Marxist establishment.

Yeah, that's the ticket for promoting the interests of minorities. LOL.

50 posted on 12/01/2014 5:09:21 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego
But if Obama had a son

He would probably die of AIDS.

51 posted on 12/01/2014 5:11:16 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: mdittmar

“Communities of color” are nasty bug infested places that I have no interest in ever seeing.


52 posted on 12/01/2014 5:12:09 PM PST by Gator113 ( Impeach. Remove from office. Arrest. Convict. Imprison for life.)
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To: marktwain
I agree that all police officers will eventually have body cameras.

I also think that will last about 18 months at most, before there is a hue and cry from people like Barack Obama -- as hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos are posted showing a disproportionate number of black Americans getting arrested by police for various crimes all over the country.

53 posted on 12/01/2014 5:13:04 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: equaviator

> He should address the “simmering distrust” between himself and the American people.

My thoughts exactly. When he finally goes down its going to be like the Hindenberg and the Titanic combined.


54 posted on 12/01/2014 5:15:49 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: mdittmar

My black lab distrusts cops.


55 posted on 12/01/2014 5:23:10 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: mdittmar

If Obama is serious about improving community policing, he should nominate community policing’s all-time undisputed expert, Rudy Giuliani, as his next Attorney General, and let him save America the way he once saved New York.


56 posted on 12/01/2014 5:23:41 PM PST by Bluestocking
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To: baddog 219
Democop: "Dead or alive, you're voting with me." Robocop photo: Robocop robocopsays.jpg ("Dumba**!")
57 posted on 12/01/2014 5:27:53 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: mdittmar

“He also said he would consider imposing tighter controls on the proliferation of military-style weaponry and equipment provided to many police departments.”

I just read Jersey City just received about 170 rifles from the DoD!


58 posted on 12/01/2014 5:38:31 PM PST by jimmyo57
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Glad you are bringing up Alinsky. Alinsky Cloward Piven strategies: Change through chaos brought by ANY MEANS NECESSARY: LYINGMISINFORMING>STEALING...etc
59 posted on 12/01/2014 5:39:42 PM PST by michgirl (awake)
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To: mdittmar
I smell another BEER SUMMIT!
60 posted on 12/01/2014 5:41:47 PM PST by Dogbert41 (All the days of my life were written in your book before there was one of them!)
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