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In reply to the discussion: Why didn't Obama cancel his summit with Putin over their new anti-gay laws and policies? [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)are unacceptable (Egypt). However, his =actions= are the only thing which matter, and you may find them to be at extreme odds to his words.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) President Barack Obama says New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be well-qualified to run the Department of Homeland Security.
I think Ray Kelly is one of the best there is, so hes been an outstanding leader in New York, Obama said in an interview Tuesday with with New Yorks Univision affiliate.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/17/obama-says-ray-kelly-well-qualified-for-homeland-security-post/
However:
Occupy Wall Street @OccupyWallStNYC
Secret police recordings: "We're going to go out there and violate some rights." Disgusting.
#StopAndFrisk
http://ow.ly/ncTK0
CIA Agent Had "No Limitations" Working With NYPD After 9/11
http://gothamist.com/2013/06/27/cia_agent_had_no_limitations_workin.php
NYC 'Stop and Frisk' Policy Ruled Unconstitutional
http://www.policymic.com/articles/22375/nyc-stop-and-frisk-policy-ruled-unconstitutional-conservatives-immediately-start-whining
Racial Profiling Muslims: NYPD is Violating Civil Liberties by Spying on Religious Groups
http://www.policymic.com/articles/24817/racial-profiling-muslims-nypd-is-violating-civil-liberties-by-spying-on-religious-groups
"Every year since 2003, blacks and Latinos have consistently accounted for around 85 percent of stop-and-frisk selectees."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/07/01/mayor_bloomberg_stop_and_frisk_yes_the_controversial_policy_is_really_really.html
Center for Constitutional Rights articles:
http://ccrjustice.org/search/node/NYPD+Stop+and+Frisk+Statistics
And of course Occupiers know all about NYPD and Ray Kelly. Add that Kelly works for Bloomberg, a Wall Street billionaire, and add that to Obama and his nomination of legendary foe of worker's rights Penny Pritzker, and you've got a 1%-a-palooza. One which is blatantly racist.
Of course, Obama could call for an immediate erasure of all "Stand your ground" legislation and the immediate disbanding of ALEC and the NRA, who are some of those behind it. You know?
Regarding peaceful protesters: 2011 video regarding uprisings in Egypt.
I'm part of the Occupy Wall Street movement and over 7400 of us have been arrested over a period longer than a year, as well as many, many brutal attacks including two peaceful Veterans nearly killed in Oakland during one of Quan's multiple riot police attacks upon peaceful protesters.
Obama either ordered these attacks and the FBI and DHS spying which took place from day one, or sat back and allowed them to happen for more than a year.
Why not take a look at what Obama allowed or ordered to happen during the DEMOCRATIC national convention. Dial-up warning (many photos) and some of them are ugly:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002710303
Did Obama say anything against this brutality? Anything? Was Rahm Emmanuel or any police punished for engaging in what Obama says is "unacceptable"? And that's just the DNC. More than a year of attacks and spying upon Occupy...
Because as an Occupier assaulted by a policeman while peacefully engaging in my 1st Amendment rights, I find Obama to be a complete hypocrite. Words are worthless. Actions are all that matter.