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In reply to the discussion: Remember not to holler over Ferguson like our parental president says. . . 'don't shout' [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)when someone has been caught redhanded, like a Republican eg. Obama can then be counted on to say 'yes, it was wrong for Sen Republican to do that, and both sides need to be more mindful that it does no one any good etc etc'.
His 'both sides do it' manner of handling controversies where that bad guys actually get caught, was noted by Nancy Pelosi and several other Democrats before the 2010 election. They were so upset over his method of including DEMS with REPUBS whenever Repubs were in trouble, caused them to go and talk to him, asking that he NOT do this.
What happened here doesn't need anyone trying to equate the two 'sides'.
Bigotry among the police is institutional. The stats show that we need a NEW Civil Rights Movement. And while I don't expect him to attack the police he does not need to mention them at all. He needs to offer compassion to the family of the dead teenager and then he needs to simply say 'we are handing this over to the DOJ and the FBI and we expect that justice will be done'
The cops in this country BADLY need to be reigned in, the Military Gear needs to go and the entire Law Enforcement community needs to be completely reformed.