POTUS Addresses Nation re: Ferguson Grand Jury Verdict

[Triana]

President begins speaking around 11:30 - rest is cruft.

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Thanks for posting the full screen version

[markpkessinger]

2. I commend the President on this statement n/t

[drynberg]

3. So, no justice, just an apologist talkin' bout positive futures...

Mike Brown was killed in cold blood, and contrary to the 16,000+ grand jury actions, Mike's case was no found worth examining or trying Wilson for wrong doing, no it was part of the 11 cases where the GJ said, "nothing to see here"...in short, this ain't good for anyone except maybe for Wilson...very disturbing and sad.

[demwing]

4. "Those who would use this as an excuse"

Is there any doubt that this was directed at a civilian audience?

What about the rotten cops who will use this as a signal that it's ok to kill? Who will rein in their actions?

Further, I question the value of a lecture on how violence never solves anything, when coming from the Commander in Chief of the biggest military force in history, currently extending the longest war in US history.

[dickthegrouch]

5. *IF* it was a nation of laws

Wilson would have at least been tried in court.

This is a nation of one law for the rich and a different law for the rest of us.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. How come every time he says "move forward"

. . . it's after somebody who should face justice gets let off the hook?

Bush, Cheney, Legs Dimon, Pretty Boy Lloyd and now Derren Wilson.