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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
No, but people are free to Monday Morning quarterback or espouse their opinion on how they have their own anecdotal evidence of DWB.
The President of the United States on the other hand, should have not stepped in at all. By stepping in he has allowed criticism from people from racism to favoritism, from offense of the police union, and other Americans who expected him to not comment on it, and focus on the issue at the moment which on Wednesday night was the Healthcare Reform bill.
If you are okay with him weighing in, in some fashion, then I guess, you should have the same opinion for the Muslim or Jew that is discriminated against and allow him to spend time and focus on that issue as well.
I on the other hand, feel it is not his place. If we'd like to really get down to brass tacks, we can look to see where his enumerated powers are listed in the US Constitution stating he should be taking a FEDERAL role, or ANY role in this LOCAL issue.
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Oh, I don't think he should be addressing these issues nationally, although I appreciate the difficulty of the situation he was in (he was asked about it, so if he didnt say anything he might have gotten into trouble with other parts of his constituency). I think if he were to address anything there are far more serious cases than this one, like prosecutors blocking access to DNA evidence and so on. My point is just that since you quote my post when saying that, the fact that he did weigh in doesn't change any of the things I said in that post.