Of course, it’s important to remember how this started. We lost a young man, Michael Brown, in heartbreaking and tragic circumstances. He was 18 years old, and his family will never hold Michael in their arms again. And when something like this happens, the local authorities, including the police, have a responsibility to be open and transparent about how they are investigating that death and how they are protecting the people in their communities. There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting. There’s also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. And here in the United States of America, police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs and report to the American people on what they see on the ground.
Quote from President Obama a few days after rioting in Ferguson resulted in multiple injuries to both police and protesters and multiple businesses being looted and burned.
So, Obama attempted to brush aside assaulting cops (including shooting them), arson and theft by falsely claiming the police somehow were at fault. And that these illegal activities were a natural by-product of peaceful protesting. But an actual peaceful protest, were no laws were broken, is domestic terrorism. Hmmm, couldn't possibly be an agenda here.
