In his U.N. address, President Obama listed a parade of horrors afflicting our world: ?Russian aggression in Europe,? ?terrorism in Syria and Iraq,? rapes and beheadings by ISIL, al-Qaida, Boko Haram.
And, of course, the Ferguson Police Department.
That?s right. The president could not speak of war, terrorism and genocide without dragging in the incident in a St. Louis suburb where a white cop shot and killed a black teenager:
?In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri?where a young man was killed, and a community was divided.?
What, other than its racial aspect, can explain why Obama is so hung up on Ferguson? At the Congressional Black Caucus dinner Saturday, he was back stoking the embers.
?Too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement, guilty of walking while black or driving while black?judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness.?
Obama is here implying that Michael Brown was profiled, judged ?guilty of walking while black,? when shot and killed.
But that is false, and Barack Obama knows it is false.
?If a St. Louis officer is wounded or killed in revenge for Brown, President Obama will deserve a full share of the moral responsibility.?
Brown had just knocked over a convenience store after collaring the clerk and was walking in the middle of the main street in Ferguson, blocking traffic, when officer Darren Wilson confronted him.
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And, of course, the Ferguson Police Department.
That?s right. The president could not speak of war, terrorism and genocide without dragging in the incident in a St. Louis suburb where a white cop shot and killed a black teenager:
?In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri?where a young man was killed, and a community was divided.?
What, other than its racial aspect, can explain why Obama is so hung up on Ferguson? At the Congressional Black Caucus dinner Saturday, he was back stoking the embers.
?Too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement, guilty of walking while black or driving while black?judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness.?
Obama is here implying that Michael Brown was profiled, judged ?guilty of walking while black,? when shot and killed.
But that is false, and Barack Obama knows it is false.
?If a St. Louis officer is wounded or killed in revenge for Brown, President Obama will deserve a full share of the moral responsibility.?
Brown had just knocked over a convenience store after collaring the clerk and was walking in the middle of the main street in Ferguson, blocking traffic, when officer Darren Wilson confronted him.
....... continued...
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