There’s no surprise in any of this. Once a community agitator, always a community agitator. He’s long been a race baiter, and he easily threw the Boston PD under the bus. He quickly takes sides without evidence. He whips up negative sentiments. Now he’s putting the burden on the police for race relations
(The Hill) President Obama on Monday kept the national debate firmly on Ferguson, Mo., as he took a series of steps that he said would rebuild trust between police officers and minority communities.
The president dedicated his entire public schedule to Ferguson, meeting with civil rights leaders, Cabinet officials and law enforcement officers after a long holiday weekend when the shooting had begun to slip from the headlines.
“This is a problem that is national,†Obama said. “It is a solvable problem, but it is one that unfortunately spikes but fades into background. What we need is a sustained conversation … to move forward in a constructive fashion.â€
National, huh? He’s basically blaming police officers and departments nationwide for what occurred in Ferguson, where a young thug who just robbed a store and assaulted the clerk, then assaulted a police officer and attempted to take his weapon, then charged a police officer was shot to death. That’s not the problem of the police: that’s a problem with Obama’s base. Let’s face facts: most of these types of “mistrust” issues occur in areas that heavily vote Democrat. If we want a sustained conversation, then we should certainly discuss why Obama’s base is so violent, and why they think violent actions are a proper response. Why they think looting and burning businesses in their own community is the proper response. Because that has absolutely zero to do with any mistrust.
Obama’s public events took place a week after a grand jury in Ferguson decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, triggering protests around the country. While the president has been careful not to take sides in the racially charged case, he made clear that he thinks changes at local police departments are needed.
For starters, Obama requested federal funding that could purchase 50,000 body-worn cameras for police officers, something the family of slain 18-year-old Brown has lobbied for.
While providing local police departments is a wonderful idea, one has to wonder as to Obama’s motives, based on his political career. Might this be a move to give the federal government more control of local policing, something that would be linked directly to the Progressive goal of giving the federal government more and more power? That thought is not out of the realm of possibility.
And Obama said he would create a new task force that will examine “how to promote effective crime reduction while building public trust,†in the words of a White House official. That panel will be led by Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and former Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson.
How about telling his base that rioting, looting, burning cars (including police cars) and buildings, assaulting and killing each other, along with other violent activities is unacceptable? That might be a good first step. Many police and police departments are not immune to charges, but they are often responding to the problems in Obama voter communities.
BTW, when will Obama worry about the huge amount of Black on Black crime? Of course, even mentioning the crime statistics will bring immediate denial about the problems from hardcore Leftists, who prefer to stick their heads in the sand. It’s almost like they prefer Black on Black crime in inner cities.
