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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]KoKo
(84,711 posts)he went too far with Ferguson (and a bit on Iraq where "other actors" need to step up..with caveat meaning Oil Interests) but Ferguson Situation was where he Pontificated. He seemed to say this has been going on for two centuries and focused on Black Males and changing job situations....and that's when he went OFF on his Disdain for Jobless Blacks (but also underlying is jobless all our young people Males & Females...which he didn't address...but seemed to lack compassion or understanding of) and he kept digging at it over and over... He went too far. He should not have stood there and wandered off on his views of "problems of two centuries" where he dug himself into a hole that came off as pontificating like: "I got mine...and you need to work harder and behave to get yours.." attitude.
He didn't need to go into what he went into which looked like casting blame on protesters and those who "didn't quite succeed in society" who end up shot dead for being in the wrong place at wrong time where they got a cop who decided to let loose and shoot to kill an unarmed young man. He made it personal which he didn't need to...and looked like he was the Fatherly one telling the kid who he saw as "out of line" to "straighten up and act better or you'll end up in Prison for the rest of your life." And if you get shot...then don't expect anyone to be "hollering and shouting" over your death because that's a disturbance of the peace and the job of the police is to keep people safe and we need to defend that.
When I get the video ...I'll post it and others can decide.