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Obama: ‘Police Should Not Be Bullying or Arresting Journalists’
Cybercast News Service ^ | August 14, 2014 - 1:52 PM | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 08/15/2014 3:17:20 AM PDT by Olog-hai

In a press conference Thursday, President Barack Obama commented on the fallout of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police, saying there was “no excuse for violence against police,” the use of “excessive force against peaceful protests” or for police to bully or arrest journalists “just trying to do their jobs.”

“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,” said Obama. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; ferguson; liberalagenda; obama; pressfreedom
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To: Olog-hai

In the span of just a few days Obama said with a straight face that he did not unilaterally pull all troops out of Iraq and the targeting of journalists is bad. Proof that if a political ideology controls education and the media the pool of stupid people is large enough to destroy our republic.


21 posted on 08/15/2014 6:44:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: madameguinot
The Obama Administration threaten Rose with criminal charges. They've used the NSA to tap reporter's phones and internet.

It is really sick to have Obama lecturing the rest of us on the 1st Amendment, which he has had under siege since he took office. Lying sack of manure (LSOM).

22 posted on 08/15/2014 8:46:04 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: Olog-hai; TADSLOS
Too bad some of the Press [& interested Congressmen] have been barred from entering, viewing or reporting on the illegal immigrant processing centers.

Oh, well!...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3189233/posts

Secrecy Surrounding Shelter for Illegal Immigrant Minors

8/5/2014, 8:48:56 AM · by Hojczyk · 53 replies

Sharyl Attkisson ^ | August 5,2014 | Sharyl Attkisson

"...also brings attention to an ongoing theme under the Obama administration: its penchant to withhold public information of public interest."

23 posted on 08/15/2014 3:11:43 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Obama is O'Bryan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUoPNpa9Rrw)
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