Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson

Reuters ^ | 12/1/14 | Steve Holland

[TangledUpInBlue]

U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.

The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, the White House said.

Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former assistant attorney general, will lead the task force on 21st century policing, officials said.

[Moonman62]

It’s a town of 20,000!!!

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$1 million goes for actual expenses. $100 million goes for administrative overhead, and the rest goes to cronies.

[Kathy Ann]

And this is going to change entitlement thinking and thug actions how.........

[right way right]

Fundraising.
Thats what its been all along.

[NorthMountain]

How 'bout a task force to study modern-day rioting. They could start by exposing the leftist, Alinsky-inspired agitators behind the riots. They could investigate the link between rioting and politicians who vomit up inflammatory rhetoric. They could investigate the link between rioting and common thievery.

Or not ...

More likely, they'll just blame the damn honkeys.

[Da Coyote]

10: “O’bastard can go —— himself with a rusty fence post!”
20: Go to 10

[The Cajun]

I can save them 263 million right now, don't beat up on a cop if you don't want to be shot........End of study.

[DoodleDawg]

It’s a town of 20,000!!!

It's a nationwide program...unless you think the Ferguson PD is going to need 50,000 body cameras.

[Steely Tom]

Walking-around money.

[NorthMountain]

In what programming language is “GFY” a legal command?

[a fool in paradise]

Community organizing must pay 6 figures.

[dware]

You and your b*ttlicking MSM created this situation.

And the GOPe will fall all over themselves to give the money to Obola. Watch. But hey, vote R, because...R!

[detective]

“a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing”

Obama wants to spend $263 million taxpayer dollars on this.

I can't believe anyone would support something that stupid.

[JPG]

Gimme $263M.

NO! AIN'T HAPPENIN', BRO.

[NRA1995]

Not one damn dime, unless it comes from OhVomit’s personal piggy bank.

[TexasFreeper2009]

dont give Obama a penny for anything

[Red Badger]

Money to pour down a black hole.....................We knew this was coming................

[Vince Ferrer]

There are probably some good ideas , but most of this is not a federal issue. If the federal government wants to help, start with the patriot act and how the police got corrupted into military SWAT teams.

[Karliner]

Good God, he fomented it and damned near lit the Molotov’s, screw him all the way back to Indonesia, Kenya or where ever he’s from.
Another stimulus? More money for Brazilian oil? More money to Central American countries for their illehgals? more money for Texas and ( all 57 states:P) favelas/barrios, hundreds od millions to Solyndra, Hamas, CAIR, 1.5 billion to Muslim B-hood and he treats our allies and veterans like shit?

No way

[Red Badger]

More like FLYING AROUND MONEY.......................

[Fiji Hill]

No! Not one red cent!