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Obama: America not even close to resolving police, community issues

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there would be law enforcement officers in the room who are deeply troubled by Black Lives Matter activists. But he reiterated that Obama has cautioned against judging any one group by the actions of some

Isn't this a double standard? BLM judges law enforcement through the actions of very few. Meanwhile BLM has caused riots, assaults, attempted murders, and killed 5 men in blue.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there would be law enforcement officers in the room who are deeply troubled by Black Lives Matter activists. But he reiterated that Obama has cautioned against judging any one group by the actions of some

Wow! Police now work in fear of being shot dead, execution style for trying to maintain the laws. Unbelievable!

Rev. Al Sharpton has attended for what reason? This man is a true racist. To move forward the likes of Sharpton needs to be ignored.

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BLM judges law enforcement through the actions of very few. Meanwhile BLM has caused riots, assaults, attempted murders, and killed 5 men in blue.

I think the point is to stop defining the entire group by it's worst members. That goes for both cops and protestors.

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Isn't this a double standard? BLM judges law enforcement through the actions of very few. Meanwhile BLM has caused riots, assaults, attempted murders, and killed 5 men in blue.

Racist groups like the BLM and the NBP are the main reason this loon went on a killing spree. With chants like: "Pigs in a blanket fry them like bacon" or "what do want?"Dead cops, when do we want them? Now!" These are racists people that should never be allowed in the White House, if Obama does that, he should also invite perhaps Davis Duke or the Aryan Nations as well!

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there would be law enforcement officers in the room who are deeply troubled by Black Lives Matter activists.

As they should be.

But he reiterated that Obama has cautioned against judging any one group by the actions of some.

Says the man that referred to Rev. Wright as his mentor. So why are we surprised?

Rev. Al Sharpton has attended for what reason? This man is a true racist. To move forward the likes of Sharpton needs to be ignored

BINGO!

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But Super if you look at the recent numbers of proven police brutality and proven violence from the BLM group a broader brush is required to paint the BLM picture. The incidences or overehelmingly against the BLM movement with their riots, assaults and disrespect they show. Of course the entire BLM movement are not trouble makers just as all law enforcement does not commit authority abuse. Though you cannot argue the level of BLM incidences against peaceful end people.

The NBP which is racists is proving to be violent. BLM is racially destructive. Combined is a powder keg.

When can we as a nation leave slavery behind and move forward? That was over 150 years ago! Will it continue another 150? Get over it! Look at the good, they do not live in the chaos which exists in many parts of the African continent. Plenty of food and potable water here in USA and not go mention the medicine here. Africa.....???

Civil rights 50 years ago.....terrible. Today they do not exist. Does bitterness exist from that? In black communities they themselves have control collectively to improve the living conditions. How often does that happen?

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Well, I have to give it to the far-right bubble. They've created a narrative where white people are the victims and it's time for them to rise up and elect Donald Trump.

It's still just weird to think about sometimes.

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I think the point is to stop defining the entire group by it's worst members

That may be Obama's point. But when you write:

"With the GOP being 89% white, I think we can say that they have a very narrow, exclusive point of view."

it makes me wonder if you really buy into that line.

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Were the shooting in Louisiana and the one in Minneapolis discussed in depth here on JT ? I don’t remember, Forgive me, maybe I missed it reading that many comments about what viewers thought of the cold blooded murder by the police in both cases, especially the one where the guy was already restrained and no threat to the police yet the policeman pulled out his gun placed it on the guys heart and just pulled the trigger. I still suffer from imagining the scene of that murder of an innocent civilian, that policeman needs to be lynched in public and his carcass hung on a pole for it to dry. Thank God, the J-cops no matter their short comings will rather take their own life rather than go out murdering innocent and armless civilians. Very scary indeed. I have verbally attacked police and never been manhandled even once.

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Well, I have to give it to the far-right bubble. They've created a narrative where white people are the victims and it's time for them to rise up and elect Donald Trump.

It's still just weird to think about sometimes.

And once again, the liberal world of the Uniconverse is ever so strong.....

http://www.dailywire.com/news/7264/5-statistics-you-need-know-about-cops-killing-aaron-bandler

Cops killed nearly twice as many whites as blacks in 2015. According to data compiled by The Washington Post, 50 percent of the victims of fatal police shootings were white, while 26 percent were black. The majority of these victims had a gun or "were armed or otherwise threatening the officer with potentially lethal force," according to MacDonald in a speech at Hillsdale College. More whites and Hispanics die from police homicides than blacks. According to MacDonald, 12 percent of white and Hispanic homicide deaths were due to police officers, while only four percent of black homicide deaths were the result of police officers. The Post's data does show that unarmed black men are more likely to die by the gun of a cop than an unarmed white man...but this does not tell the whole story. AND WAIT UNTIL YOU READ THIS ASTOUNDING REVELATION! Black and Hispanic police officers are more likely to fire a gun at blacks than white officers. Blacks are more likely to kill cops than be killed by cops

If anyone is floating around in a spherical bubble it's Dems and liberals, all the way!

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Kevin Drum points out that, while whites have been killed more frequently than blacks, they also commit more crime (not per capita - just a lot more of them). The statistic that stands out is "Unarmed shootings (meaning the suspect was unarmed) per 10,000 crimes" was 15 for whites and almost 30 for blacks. That is, an unarmed black suspect is almost twice as likely as an unarmed white suspect to be shot by police.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/07/another-look-police-shootings-unarmed-civilians

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So since Blacks make up 13% of the population compared to the ratio of Whites, then that would probably suggest that more Blacks from this study are being confronted with firearms on their possessions leading to a very dicey situation. The same exact thing with NYC search and frisk, more lives were saved, sadly, a lot of the people that were carrying firearms were Black. That would explain why so many get shot.

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Well, I have to give it to the far-right bubble.

And I have to give it to the thugs. All they have to do is comply with officers commands. But no, they DO NOT & wonder why they get shot. Then pull the race card.

Here's a clean "textbook" SOP clean shooting by Fresno (CA) Police. Now watch. . . . angry protesters will go to city hall and make stupid accusations against the PD. These people need to wear the shoe.

http://ktla.com/2016/07/13/body-camera-footage-shows-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-man-19-by-fresno-police/

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Nice try, Wc. Read the details here to see how many times this thug thumbed his nose at the cops. Frankly, it's amazing he survived as long as he did - not that I think he should have been gunned down, but if he'd pulled the multiple stunts he did while black, he likely wouldn't have even made it out of his car. Guns in America lead to predictable results.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/14/us/fresno-dylan-noble-shooting-video/index.html

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Laguna. What are you smoking? You DO NOT think this suspect should've been gunned down??

Did you NOT see the suspect with one hand behind his back? (what's he reaching for his American Express?)

Why didn't he initially comply? This was a "good" shooting. The officer ought to receive praise for proficiently performing his duties in the face of danger. Body cameras will eventually exonerate all the false accusations from the thugs and their families.

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I'm not in any position to make that call, Wc, but, frankly, the ample availability of guns in the US is what led to his death. Mental illness (or drugs - similar behavior) in most countries is not the death sentence it is in America. Also, Philando Castile more than complied with what was demanded of him - he even volunteered the info that he was legally carrying a gun - and look at all the good it did him.

It's not just a black thing (though, as the statistics I noted above that Bass so clearly misunderstood show that unarmed blacks are killed at almost twice the rate of whites) - but it's a shame that America has devolved to such a sorry state. Guns. Doesn't that make you proud to be 'Merican?

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Guns. Doesn't that make you proud to be 'Merican?

Frankly no. Because they fall into the hands of the wrong people. People with malicious intentions. Martyrdom fanatics.

Republicans with families, careers, lawful abiders, taxpaying voters usually don't have this problem. And what we've seen lately makes the Bundy Ranch guys look like choir boys with bb guns.

The same exact thing with NYC search and frisk, more lives were saved, sadly, a lot of the people that were carrying firearms were Black. That would explain why so many get shot.

It's no use bass. . . . those people will never wear that shoe. In many cases elsewhere they are armed and in possession of crack cocaine too. But some liberal US Circuit Courts "go easy on them". Why? 2-3 yrs later, they're armedon the streets doing the same thing. And when they get stopped by police again . . . It's on-

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Republicans with families, careers, lawful abiders, taxpaying voters usually don't have this problem.

Tautology - and incorrect at that. ANY law-abiding citizen, regardless of party, by definition does not have this problem. Are you aware that the Dallas shooter used armor-piercing (also called "cop killer") bullets (whether this affected the death toll remains unclear)? Are you aware that the vast majority of police really, really want this type of ammunition made illegal? Are you aware that the Democratic Party has on many occasions tried to do so, but time and again has been stymied by the GOP? This is not to mention GOP opposition to restrictions on semi-automatics, clip size, and quick-change clip types.

Trump says he'll be the candidate of "law and order." Anyone with an undergraduate-level education can hear that dog whistle. He will not touch guns, of course.

It'll take a decade or so, but the newly-remade Supreme Court Clinton will begin will eventually return the legal interpretation of the Second Amendment to what it historically was before Heller screwed things up. Then we'll see progress. In the meantime - more carnage and an increased militarization of American police awaits.

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A conservative commentator, Bill Whittle, may have the answer to the preceived problem of police brutality; end police patrols. Firefighters don't patrol neighborhoods, rather they wait until there is a fire and then they come put it out. Since the problem is police brutality---or more specifically white-on-black-violence---let's contact the police after the crime is committed and the suspect is fleeing that way the police won't bother any innocent people. Furthermore, since no one from BLM or Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton, etc. get too upset when African-Americans are killing other African-Americans, again let's wait until the crime is committed and over and then the police can come in and conduct their investigation and look for the suspects. This plan will end or at least reduce police brutality.

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Are you aware that the vast majority of police really, really want this type of ammunition made illegal?

That clearly is a conflict of issues cause lots of cops are pro NRA. Basically, if you want to dance, you've got to pay the fiddler. But the criminal elements of society are the ones who want that kind of ammunition, so theycan "get away with it."(whatever crime they're committing with a firearm.)

Are you aware that the Democratic Party has on many occasions tried to do so, but time and again has been stymied by the GOP?

Was Micah a registered (R) voter? Prob not. TheBundy Ranch guys -yes (R) all the way. . . . did they cause national mourning in Dallas, TX? NOT.

Are you aware that the Democratic Party s attempting to disarm law abiding Americans, yet they want to open the US borders to an Islamic Trojan Horse and illegal Mexicans??

Trump says he'll be the candidate of "law and order." Anyone with an undergraduate-level education can hear that dog whistle.

We may not have Doctorates and PHD's . . . like you guys.

He will not touch guns, of course.

Darn straight he won't. And why should he?? The incumbent administration won't protect me. The incumbents are adividers. But hey. . . Don't blame me. I didn't vote for "change."

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Obama is right.

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It's not just a black thing (though, as the statistics I noted above that Bass so clearly misunderstood show that unarmed blacks are killed at almost twice the rate of whites) - but it's a shame that America has devolved to such a sorry state. Guns. Doesn't that make you proud to be 'Merican?

That is an outright lie! Every stat shows that Blacks that WERE confronted overwhelmingly by the cops were armed with some kind of weapon and this bogus claim that Blacks walk around and for NO apparent reason get shot off the cuff is just pure madness drummed up by the looney left. It just seems like more Blacks are being shot because more of them are armed and also at 13% of the population, it would seem from a myopic perspective that cops are just indiscriminately going on a hunting spree to kill Blacks. Unbelievable!

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