and raise money for itself? So says Obama of the police for a city that is so out of line.
Kimmel:
In Ferguson, two police officers were shot and thank goodness they're at home now and they're out of the hospital. And especially, you gave a beautiful speech in Selma last Saturday but in talking about these very subjects - about civil rights, the past, the present, the future of civil rights - does that make it especially painful for you when something like this happens?
Obama:
Obviously we don't yet know what happened. Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers and their families and thankfully, as you said, they're going to be ok.
What was beautiful about Selma was reminding ourselves that real social change in this country so often has happened because ordinary people are willing in a nonviolent fashion to make their voices heard. And, you know, I think that what had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest.
But there was no excuse for criminal acts and whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue. They're criminals, they need to be arrested and then what we need to do is to make sure that like-minded, good spirited people on both sides - law enforcement who have a terrifically tough job and people who understandably don't want to be stopped and harassed just because of their race - that we're able to work together to try to come up with some good answers. I put together a task force after the original Ferguson event had taken place that had police officers, police chiefs and some of the organizers of protests both in Ferguson and in New York - young people.
And they came up with some terrific recommendations and found that there's a lot of common ground and what we have to make sure of is that the folks who disregard and disrespect the other side, people who resort to violence that they're marginalized. And they're not the majority and in the same way that you can't generalize about police officers who do an extraordinarily tough job overwhelmingly they do it professionally, you can't generalize about protestors who, it turns out, had some very legitimate grievances.
The Justice Department report showed that they were being stopped, African-Americans, were being stopped disproportionately mainly so the city could raise money even though these were unjust.
Note here Obama also claims to have put together a task force after the "original Ferguson event had taken place"........NOT AFTER the Justice Dept. report, mind you.......but supposedly long before it was determined to be necessary. I'll be so bold as to bet that task force never was called, let alone actually ever happening. Why? It's simple. The guy far too much prefers golfing, fundraising, and appearing on TV shows. This lying president is a joke and playing extremely dangerous games. What a shame MSM has let the clown off the hook from the start.
Watch the video.
Kimmel:
In Ferguson, two police officers were shot and thank goodness they're at home now and they're out of the hospital. And especially, you gave a beautiful speech in Selma last Saturday but in talking about these very subjects - about civil rights, the past, the present, the future of civil rights - does that make it especially painful for you when something like this happens?
Obama:
Obviously we don't yet know what happened. Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers and their families and thankfully, as you said, they're going to be ok.
What was beautiful about Selma was reminding ourselves that real social change in this country so often has happened because ordinary people are willing in a nonviolent fashion to make their voices heard. And, you know, I think that what had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest.
But there was no excuse for criminal acts and whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue. They're criminals, they need to be arrested and then what we need to do is to make sure that like-minded, good spirited people on both sides - law enforcement who have a terrifically tough job and people who understandably don't want to be stopped and harassed just because of their race - that we're able to work together to try to come up with some good answers. I put together a task force after the original Ferguson event had taken place that had police officers, police chiefs and some of the organizers of protests both in Ferguson and in New York - young people.
And they came up with some terrific recommendations and found that there's a lot of common ground and what we have to make sure of is that the folks who disregard and disrespect the other side, people who resort to violence that they're marginalized. And they're not the majority and in the same way that you can't generalize about police officers who do an extraordinarily tough job overwhelmingly they do it professionally, you can't generalize about protestors who, it turns out, had some very legitimate grievances.
The Justice Department report showed that they were being stopped, African-Americans, were being stopped disproportionately mainly so the city could raise money even though these were unjust.
Note here Obama also claims to have put together a task force after the "original Ferguson event had taken place"........NOT AFTER the Justice Dept. report, mind you.......but supposedly long before it was determined to be necessary. I'll be so bold as to bet that task force never was called, let alone actually ever happening. Why? It's simple. The guy far too much prefers golfing, fundraising, and appearing on TV shows. This lying president is a joke and playing extremely dangerous games. What a shame MSM has let the clown off the hook from the start.
Watch the video.
