Obama's Comment Causes Uproar

[Samus-Fan]

It could even set back the progress in race relations that helped Obama become the nation's first African-American president, they said.

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"What we don't need is public safety officials across the country second-guessing themselves," said David Holway, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, which represents 15,000 public safety officials around the country. "The president's alienated public safety officers across the country with his comments."

The Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Association president also strongly criticized the president's remarks in an interview with The Huffington Post.

"That was totally inappropriate. I am disgraced that he is our commander-in-chief," Stephen Killion said. "He smeared the good reputation of the hard-working men and women of the Cambridge Police Department. It was wrong to do. It was disgraceful," the web site quoted him as saying.


The phrase that caused this all.

"But I think it's fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry," Obama said. "No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. And No. 3 — what I think we know separate and apart from this incident — is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, and that's just a fact."

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[Kujo]

I think it's BS that anyone is trying to slam Obama for what he said. I agree with it 100%. Those cops were *****ing morons. It was a bogus arrest and they should be forced to issue a public apology to the man.

[LiNuX]

I think it's BS that anyone is trying to slam Obama for what he said. I agree with it 100%. Those cops were *****ing morons. It was a bogus arrest and they should be forced to issue a public apology to the man.

well obama made general comments and called the action's stupid, not the officer himself. And the thing about the races is actually true, I've studied it, he is just stating a fact - freedom of speech allows both so I agree with you, don't know why people are trying to slam him - people are always trying to find flaws in others, don't know why, (especially with presidents and interpreting what they say and turning it into something different) that's why democracy is sometimes a big failure.

Obama also said he wasn't fully knowledgeable about the situation so he made general statements, you can't blame him for that. He was asked during a conference so he had to say something, if he said "I have no comment" then the media would have made a bigger scene about the whole thing

I don't know about the public apology because I am not sure of the entire story myself. different sources say different things.

[Jaykub]

The whole thing is stupid on both sides.

Obama is playing the race card and the cops are being.. well cops.

[Samus-Fan]

Obama also said he wasn't fully knowledgeable about the situation so he made general statements, you can't blame him for that. He was asked during a conference so he had to say something, if he said "I have no comment" then the media would have made a bigger scene about the whole thing

If he didn't know about the whole situation, he shouldn't have said something and just said, "I do not know the whole story."
How that would cause media attention?
"Obama doesn't know story!"

He shouldn't have jumped in with "Gates is my friend..." and went on his little "The cops were stupid within their actions because they asked for his ID when it looked like he was breaking into a house."

[jakncoke]

well obama made general comments and called the action's stupid, not the officer himself. And the thing about the races is actually true, I've studied it, he is just stating a fact - freedom of speech allows both so I agree with you, don't know why people are trying to slam him - people are always trying to find flaws in others, don't know why, (especially with presidents and interpreting what they say and turning it into something different) that's why democracy is sometimes a big failure.

Obama also said he wasn't fully knowledgeable about the situation so he made general statements, you can't blame him for that. He was asked during a conference so he had to say something, if he said "I have no comment" then the media would have made a bigger scene about the whole thing

I don't know about the public apology because I am not sure of the entire story myself. different sources say different things.

agenda. and we're well aware of how Samus stands, surpised Jacob didn't posted something to go along with his conspiracy of Obama is a 2 faced muslim

[LiNuX]

If he didn't know about the whole situation, he shouldn't have said something and just said, "I do not know the whole story."
How that would cause media attention?
"Obama doesn't know story!"

He shouldn't have jumped in with "Gates is my friend..." and went on his little "The cops were stupid within their actions because they asked for his ID when it looked like he was breaking into a house."

The media would have jumped on him by saying that the president doesn't even know about some of the controversies in his own nation - you have no idea how some of the media functions. And he said he knew gates I believe, don't remember the word "friend" in any of this.

and you're still misinterpreting what he said - he didn't call the cop stupid, he his his actions were stupid and he was talking about the one cop, not all the cops. You weren't there so you can't really say that's all that went on.


agenda. and we're well aware of how Samus stands, surpised Jacob didn't posted something to go along with his conspiracy of Obama is a 2 faced muslim

yeah, I'm not surprised about this thread any way. they are our fox news :) Where's Jon Stewart when you need him..