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She won't do anything because he was a young black man

Uh Barack, your supposed to condemn this!!! Don't you get it? Some constitutional law scholar, no wonder he voted for the patroit act. Clinton/McCain/Obama, either way America loses. What the hell are we wasting time fighting and arguing about. The policies always stay the same. Wake up, open your eyes, get off these sites and expand your critical thinking. Try alternative media, you'll find far more truth there than you'll ever get on here and the MSM.

Horrible story.

The best thing is how do we stop these things from happening again.

I am a white and I personally find it hard to believe why the cops had to shoot 50 times on this person. This is not fair.

Btw - I am Hillary supporter.

There should be a federal jury on this case. The person may be a criminal but this is not the way to shoot and kill him.

I am white and I find it had to believe. My question is why 50 rounds??? One warning, or maybe one in the arm or leg. To me, not knowing the whole story, I would say the cops had something out for this guy.
But Obama is right, riots will not solve the problem it will only create them.

I agree with Obama-as a country we do not need race riots--we ARE a nation of laws.

I am a republican and very impressed with Sen. Obama's repsonse. He handled the questioning cerebrally and with an impressive show of judgement and restraint, although he thought there might have been some excessive force (shot 50 times) on the part of the NYPD.
There has been several occurances of this in New York and yes, there ought to be a federal investigation.

Guys and gals, please stop this nonsense. This is not good for your party. I suggest you allow the candidates to focus on more pertinent issues. How can they convey their message more effectively when you continue to bicker about issues that are not contributing to the economy, ending the war and bringing our troops home, improving America's image globally, reducing poverty in the in America and puting American's back to work? You're all behaving like children.

Posted by: win322 | Mar 18, 2008 8:18:04 PM

So you switched parties today? Why must some obama bloggers have to constantly lie about who they are.

If Hillary got involved Obama supporters would just say she is pandering to the AA community.

The federal courts should be involved in every case concerning the police. DAs and local judges will not prosecute their own. You have about as much of a chance to get justice from local courts and DAs where cops are concered, as a black person had in the Jim Crow south - zero!

where were protest oj?uh!

Why does sharpie sharpton have to "challenge" Hillary?

Ok, there are no allegations of race being an issue in the shooting. two of the three officers acquitted were black. I do think it was excessive force involved. I do think that there were significant lapses in procedure and judgement of the officers. I do think that the judge gave the officers transctied testimony more weight than it deserved. That said, Obama is saying we have a system, work that system. The ruling can be appealed, a civil suit can be filed. He is making the correct call. Use your brains not your fists.

Because this happened in her state... New York

HRC should have a comment, and after her staff determines what will make Obama go on the defensive most, she will issue one.

Obama not going to get involved in this investigation, just like he stayed away from the case were 7 African-American boys were jailed for the fight about the hang mans noose in the tree.

"I lived through the Rodney King Riots... the last thing we need is a similar situation in NY."

Well, you might get it, anyway. Obama's "respect the verdict" statement's kind of gutless. But cops don't just walk up and execute people, in HIS neighborhood.

2 of the cops where black.

This had nothing to do with race.

I think Obama is pandering to the Indiana white voters here by not condemning the Judges verdict. You talk about speaking from both sides of the mouth, here is one. If this is not pandering perhaps his nonchanlant remarks here confirms the elitest posture he has taken in this campaign. If Obama was seeking black votes, he would have been all over the verdict, the officers and the judge. I do not see the "new messianic Obama" yet. There is nothing new about this guys.