White House: Obama won't press DOJ on Zimmerman

[The Straight Story]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama won't involve himself in decisions by the Justice Department on whether to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

White House spokesman Jay Carney says it would be inappropriate for Obama to express an opinion on how the department deals with Zimmerman after the neighborhood watch volunteer's acquittal in the shooting of the unarmed 17-year-old last year.

The Justice Department has said it's considering whether federal prosecutors should file criminal civil rights charges now that Zimmerman has been acquitted in the state case.

Critics of Saturday's verdict have called for the Justice Department to step in.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/white-house-obama-wont-press-doj-zimmerman

[geek tragedy]

1. He absolutely shouldn't.

Having the president lean on the DOJ to go after an individual would be an abuse of office of the highest order.

[struggle4progress]

3. +

[frazzled]

5. Not to mention ...

--Aside from the fact that presidents are prohibited from interfering in DOJ cases-- the more Obama supports something, the more opposition and less chance for success it has.

He's the only president who has been denied an actual bully pulpit. Oh, theoretically he has one and he can use it, but the opposition will scrutinize every word he says as a bullshit excuse for doing the opposite.

[KoKo]

2. I thought he already intervened

when he said that Trayvon could be his son...? Many thought that was a wonderful statement of support for the truth to be found. But, it was an intervention by saying that.

[Pelican]

6. And he learned his lesson...

Obama wants nothing to do with this...

[DevonRex]

7. You're so obvious it's hilarious, Koko. nt

[Whisp]

4. As it should be.

but screamers will blame him for caving and being lazy and ineffective and worse than Boosh and all that rotten stinking shit thrown at him continuously over everything, every fucking day.