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[W]e need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is in too many parts of this country a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/11/24/obama-speech-ferguson/
“This has been going on for a long time,” the President said. “This is not new, and we shouldn’t pretend that it’s new. The good news is that perhaps there’s some newfound awareness, because of social media and video cameras and so forth, that there are problems and challenges when it comes to how policing and our laws are applied in certain communities and we have to pay attention to it.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/04/28/president-obama-freddie-gray-s-death-not-new-and-we-shouldn-t-pretend-it-s-new
All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. We've seen such tragedies far too many times, and our hearts go out to the families and communities who've suffered such a painful loss.
http://www.complex.com/life/2016/07/police-killing-alton-sterling-baton-rouge-outrage-protests
President Barack Obama says all fair-minded people in the U.S. should be concerned about the problem of frequent police shootings of black people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/latest-crowd-gathers-at-scene-of-minnesota-police-shooting/2016/07/07/9cc1638a-440a-11e6-a76d-3550dba926ac_story.html
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
Two things:
One, when he referred to Ferguson, he wasn't referring to Wilson - he was referring to the Ferguson PD as a whole, where racism was "endemic" in the words of the DOJ. I don't suppose Fox News told you that one.
Two, once more, as in SO many other examples, it seems that to conservatives, the problem isn't the racism itself...but pointing out the racism. See, pointing out the racism only makes things worse, so the blacks are supposed to just be quiet and take it, I guess...and that's why you are so eager to blame Obama about anything that has to do with race. In your eyes, he's supposed to not mention it at all, but pretend the problem doesn't exist.
How incredibly conservative of you.
Two things:
One, when he referred to Ferguson, he wasn't referring to Wilson - he was referring to the Ferguson PD as a whole, where racism was "endemic" in the words of the DOJ. I don't suppose Fox News told you that one.
Two, once more, as in SO many other examples, it seems that to conservatives, the problem isn't the racism itself...but pointing out the racism. See, pointing out the racism only makes things worse, so the blacks are supposed to just be quiet and take it, I guess...and that's why you are so eager to blame Obama about anything that has to do with race. In your eyes, he's supposed to not mention it at all, but pretend the problem doesn't exist.
How incredibly conservative of you.
Obama forgot to mention that Ferguson has some of the most crime ridden neighborhoods. He also forgot to mention that the ferguson cops were harassed by city officials to clean up the joint........especially motor vehicle violations.
A claim made without substance. They found that the majority of arrested in Ferguson were black and that most of the population in Ferguson was black.
No, the problem is the assumption of racism without evidence of racism. Just the fact that a white person is involved with a black person and the black person loses out does not equal racism. A racism that you just displayed.
You didn't read the article, did you? To wit:
The racial disparity in those statistics was so stark that the Justice Department has concluded in a report scheduled for release on Wednesday that there was only one explanation: The Ferguson Police Department was routinely violating the constitutional rights of its black residents.
The report, based on a six-month investigation, provides a glimpse into the roots of the racial tensions that boiled over in Ferguson last summer after a black teenager, Michael Brown, was fatally shot by a white police officer, making it a worldwide flash point in the debate over race and policing in America. It describes a city where the police used force almost exclusively on blacks and regularly stopped people without probable cause. Racial bias is so ingrained, the report said, that Ferguson officials circulated racist jokes on their government email accounts.
...
Those findings reinforce what the city’s black residents have been saying publicly since the shooting in August, that the criminal justice system in Ferguson works differently for blacks and whites. A black motorist who is pulled over is twice as likely to be searched as a white motorist, even though searches of white drivers are more likely to turn up drugs or other contraband, the report found.
...
Minor, largely discretionary offenses such as disturbing the peace and jaywalking were brought almost exclusively against blacks. When whites were charged with these crimes, they were 68 percent more likely to have their cases dismissed, the Justice Department found.
So...how are you going to explain all that away?
Why is it so far outside the conservative pale to admit that maybe, just maybe racism's still a huge freaking problem, that it's not just a matter of black 'victimhood'?
The PD gets it's marching orders from the Mayor and city council. They are routinely told to get a x amount of tickets in certain areas. The report also failed to mention anything about routine repeat offenders...... which happens to be black people in the area. 30% of black stops resulted in drivers who had no license, or driving under a suspended license, or multiple past due fines on violations. It's no wonder blacks in the area were found guilty more often by these racist standards............right?
Historically, it's usually conservatives that have racist policies...IE: Slavery, Jim Crow, Black code laws, segregation, red lining, etc.Every Racist policy in all US history is 100% the invention of the Democrat Party.
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
Historically, it's usually conservatives that have racist policies...IE: Slavery, Jim Crow, Black code laws, segregation, red lining, etc.
You're right, conservatives racial policies haven't changed for over 150 years. IE: racial coding, voter ID laws, harsher sentencing laws, anti-immigration laws, anti-healthcare, anti-minimum wage, racial profiling, hate crimes against minorities, revisionist history....etc.
You didn't read the article, did you? To wit:
The racial disparity in those statistics was so stark that the Justice Department has concluded in a report scheduled for release on Wednesday that there was only one explanation: The Ferguson Police Department was routinely violating the constitutional rights of its black residents.
The report, based on a six-month investigation, provides a glimpse into the roots of the racial tensions that boiled over in Ferguson last summer after a black teenager, Michael Brown, was fatally shot by a white police officer, making it a worldwide flash point in the debate over race and policing in America. It describes a city where the police used force almost exclusively on blacks and regularly stopped people without probable cause. Racial bias is so ingrained, the report said, that Ferguson officials circulated racist jokes on their government email accounts.
...
Those findings reinforce what the city’s black residents have been saying publicly since the shooting in August, that the criminal justice system in Ferguson works differently for blacks and whites. A black motorist who is pulled over is twice as likely to be searched as a white motorist, even though searches of white drivers are more likely to turn up drugs or other contraband, the report found.
...
Minor, largely discretionary offenses such as disturbing the peace and jaywalking were brought almost exclusively against blacks. When whites were charged with these crimes, they were 68 percent more likely to have their cases dismissed, the Justice Department found.
So...how are you going to explain all that away?
Why is it so far outside the conservative pale to admit that maybe, just maybe racism's still a huge freaking problem, that it's not just a matter of black 'victimhood'?
Print was too dang small for me to try to read with the current headache I have.
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
You do realize that your print is the exact same size? Maybe there is a setting on your device that is causing the problem.
Nothing about the incident was racist. You know it. Trumped up charges by a racist AG is not worth commenting on. No one believes these people any more.
Nothing about the incident was racist. You know it. Trumped up charges by a racist AG is not worth commenting on. No one believes these people any more.
You do realize that your print is the exact same size? Maybe there is a setting on your device that is causing the problem.
WRONG. Your claim does not even begin to explain the following:
A black motorist who is pulled over is twice as likely to be searched as a white motorist, even though searches of white drivers are more likely to turn up drugs or other contraband
Minor, largely discretionary offenses such as disturbing the peace and jaywalking were brought almost exclusively against blacks. When whites were charged with these crimes, they were 68 percent more likely to have their cases dismissed
C'mon, now. Please don't try to tap-dance, to sea-lawyer their way out of this. Your "what ifs" don't explain away either of the above.
Is it really that difficult to admit that maybe, just maybe there was *gasp* racism involved? Or are you so hidebound to sticking up for law enforcement no matter what they do, that you can't accept that they can be just as human - and just as wrong - as the rest of us?
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
We have enough of a sample size by now that we can show that Mr. Obama doesn't back our police department and is racist. Here are some of the quotes:
Ferguson:
So even though Officer Wilson was innocent of all charges, he still claimed that the nation is racist.
Baltimore:
Again, the presumption that the officers were racist is part of the narrative.
Baton Rouge:
Again, Obama is proclaiming the officers involved guilty without considering the facts.
St. Paul:
One last assumption that the white officer only shot because he encountered a black man.
Clearly, President Obama assumes white people are guilty of racism and the only white people are to blame for any nationally televised issues. If the President wants to heal racial issues, he needs to start with himself and stop assuming our law enforcement officers are guilty. Instead of presuming our law enforcement is guilty, try following the law and allowing the justice system to do its job. I know that is a foreign concept to Democrats, especially after they supported the farce of a finding regarding Clinton, but it is usually a nonpartisan and fair system.
Two things:
One, when he referred to Ferguson, he wasn't referring to Wilson - he was referring to the Ferguson PD as a whole, where racism was "endemic" in the words of the DOJ. I don't suppose Fox News told you that one.
Two, once more, as in SO many other examples, it seems that to conservatives, the problem isn't the racism itself...but pointing out the racism. See, pointing out the racism only makes things worse, so the blacks are supposed to just be quiet and take it, I guess...and that's why you are so eager to blame Obama about anything that has to do with race. In your eyes, he's supposed to not mention it at all, but pretend the problem doesn't exist.
How incredibly conservative of you.
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