Obama: Cops can Stay Safe if They ‘acknowledge that there’s a problem’ with Racist Policing


In what is akin to blaming a rape victim for her own assault, President Obama suggested that police officers are to blame for their own assassinations because they are not acknowledging how racist they are.

I would hope that police organizations are also respectful of the frustration that people in these communities feel and not just dismiss these protests and these complaints as political correctness, or as politics or attacks on police. There are legitimate issues that have been raised, and there’s data and evidence to back up the concerns that are being expressed by these protesters.

And if police organizations and departments acknowledge that there’s a problem and there’s an issue, then that, too, is going to contribute to real solutions. And, as I said yesterday, that is what’s going to ultimately help make the job of being a cop a lot safer. It is in the interest of police officers that their communities trust them and that the kind of rancor and suspicion that exists right now is alleviated.

While the president did include — as a footnote — that murdering police officers “needs to be prosecuted,” he spent most of his time praising the BlackLivesMatter movement, excusing their inflammatory rhetoric, and accusing police officers of racism.

Source: White House Press Office



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