Show me something to convince me.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/obama-ferguson-reaction-doj-115839
"When a questioner asked Obama why the Justice Department declined this week to file federal civil rights charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown last summer, Obama played down the emotional and moral urgency of the incident and stuck to the law. He explained that since it’s up to state prosecutors to bring criminal charges, the federal government could only have stepped in if it found specific evidence of a civil rights violation. A grand jury declined to indict Wilson in November.
“You can’t just charge him anyway because what happened was tragic,” Obama said, adding that he had “complete confidence and [stands] fully behind the Justice Department on the decision that was made.”
At the same time, though, Obama said the separate Justice Department report this week about widespread racism within the Ferguson police department – and specific practices that singled out African Americans, like arresting them disproportionately and using unreasonable force – proved that Ferguson residents had valid complaints about the police force."
https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/politics/obama-baltimore-violent-protests/index.html
"There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive," Obama said at a press conference from the White House.
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/obama-ferguson-reaction-doj-115839
"When a questioner asked Obama why the Justice Department declined this week to file federal civil rights charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown last summer, Obama played down the emotional and moral urgency of the incident and stuck to the law. He explained that since it’s up to state prosecutors to bring criminal charges, the federal government could only have stepped in if it found specific evidence of a civil rights violation. A grand jury declined to indict Wilson in November.
“You can’t just charge him anyway because what happened was tragic,” Obama said, adding that he had “complete confidence and [stands] fully behind the Justice Department on the decision that was made.”
At the same time, though, Obama said the separate Justice Department report this week about widespread racism within the Ferguson police department – and specific practices that singled out African Americans, like arresting them disproportionately and using unreasonable force – proved that Ferguson residents had valid complaints about the police force."
https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/politics/obama-baltimore-violent-protests/index.html
"There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive," Obama said at a press conference from the White House.
