10 Jul 2016 2:10 pm
So President Obama has the temerity to speak about how the shootings of two black men by police is symptomatic of a broader set of racial disparities that exist in our criminal justice system, and he is blamed for the murder of 5 Dallas police officers.
Never mind that (BEFORE the shooting in Dallas) he also said that "When people say black lives matter, it doesn’t mean blue lives don’t matter."
And he told law enforcement, "We know you have a tough job. We mourn those in uniform who are protecting us who lose their lives."
He also said, "Now let me just say that we have extraordinary appreciation and respect for the vast majority of police officers who put their line on the lives every day.
They have a dangerous job. It is a tough job. And as I’ve said before, they have a right to go home to their families, just like anybody else on the job.
And there are gonna be circumstances where they’re gonna have to make split second decisions. We understand that.
The overwhelming majority of police officers are doing a great job every single day and are doing their job without regard to race."
Full Transcript of Obama's Speech on the Police Shootings
We are also hearing that in addition to Obama, the Black Lives Matter movement also has 'blood on their hands.'
Yet these same people are the ones who defended Sarah Palin for putting a crosshairs symbol over the district of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords after Giffords was shot in the head.
And the same ones who defended Donald Trump for lamenting that in the good old days, protesters would be carried out on a stretcher, or giving his followers permission to punch people in the face and he would pay their legal fees, and some of his followers actually attacked protesters.
Here are as few more examples of the incendiary rhetoric coming from the right that I'm sure will be defended.
Never mind that (BEFORE the shooting in Dallas) he also said that "When people say black lives matter, it doesn’t mean blue lives don’t matter."
And he told law enforcement, "We know you have a tough job. We mourn those in uniform who are protecting us who lose their lives."
He also said, "Now let me just say that we have extraordinary appreciation and respect for the vast majority of police officers who put their line on the lives every day.
They have a dangerous job. It is a tough job. And as I’ve said before, they have a right to go home to their families, just like anybody else on the job.
And there are gonna be circumstances where they’re gonna have to make split second decisions. We understand that.
The overwhelming majority of police officers are doing a great job every single day and are doing their job without regard to race."
Full Transcript of Obama's Speech on the Police Shootings
We are also hearing that in addition to Obama, the Black Lives Matter movement also has 'blood on their hands.'
Yet these same people are the ones who defended Sarah Palin for putting a crosshairs symbol over the district of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords after Giffords was shot in the head.
And the same ones who defended Donald Trump for lamenting that in the good old days, protesters would be carried out on a stretcher, or giving his followers permission to punch people in the face and he would pay their legal fees, and some of his followers actually attacked protesters.
Here are as few more examples of the incendiary rhetoric coming from the right that I'm sure will be defended.