Some Blacks See Secret Service as Flawed Shield for the President

The New York Times ^ | October 2, 2014 | Peter Baker

[2ndDivisionVet]

Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland was at the grocery store the other day when he ran into an elderly black woman who expressed growing concern about President Obama’s safety. Why, she asked, wasn’t he being better protected by his Secret Service agents?

The furor that led to this week’s resignation of the director of the Secret Service resonated deeply among blacks, outraged that those supposed to be guarding the first black president were somehow falling down on the job — and suspicious even without evidence that it may be deliberate.

“It is something that is widespread in black circles,” said Representative Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri, who like Mr. Cummings is an African-American Democrat who has been approached repeatedly by voters expressing such a concern....

[BenLurkin]

Mental image of disheveled Slow Joe in a wife beater and boxers — waving his shotgun around at 3:00 am.

[RWGinger]

Good point
and I agree with you
I know people who refused to vote for Romney KNOWING that pos could get re elected

[tomkat]

For the first two, please revisit #28 above.
As for Jf'n Kerry, we'd have Theraaaasa pulling the strings instead of Soros, et al.

And now, back to the Northwestern game . . .  d:^)

[TangoLimaSierra]

Some people out there have nothing in their lives but racism. A great excuse to fail.

[Popman]

Totally agree with your post...

Organization tend to evolve up or down to the level of their leadership...

I think Obama protection detail chickens have came home to roost...

[mosesdapoet]

Election time play the Ace (up the sleeve) race card. SS agents were told to ignore or allow incidents to happen because of “optics”. The stuff that was going on eventually we’ll learn (maybe) was because of a politically correct optic lax open door policy. Not because of Obama’s “race”.

[mosesdapoet]

Election time play the Ace (up the sleeve) race card. SS agents were told to ignore or allow incidents to happen because of “optics”. The stuff that was going on eventually we’ll learn (maybe) was because of a politically correct optic lax open door policy. Not because of Obama’s “race”.

[freeangel]

Letter to the editor in the AJC bemoaning that it is being done on purpose to this nations first black president. (No mention of half white)

[mylife]

Some blacks see the KKK around every corner.

[SunkenCiv]

Looks like more meme-building by partisan media shills.

[SkyDancer]

You forgot mussie but that’s okay :)

[Kid Shelleen]

Mr. Obama’s security that has unnerved blacks still mindful of the assassinations of Malcolm X


And who killed Malcolm X ?

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

0.00bama's new SS team (Secret Service, BTW, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, ;>{0 )

[who knows what evil?]

Is it Halloween already?

[billhilly]

Unlike the turtle, that head never disappears.

[billhilly]

Don’t forget President Ford. I do believe that effort was not undertaken by a marksman though. In fact, it was a markswoman.

[billhilly]

That was before the Republicans started the war on women.

[xrmusn]

Is the picture of the KKK today?

Affirmative action sure has come a long way.

I wonder if the SS details are hand picked OR how many qualified Agents have opted out?

Notice yesterday ANOTHER USN CO was canned.
Again a Black CAPT, so the purge IS color and gender blind as some Female Officers have gotten the ax also.

[tomkat]

That was gonna be my ace in the hole for anyone not thinking Marxist traitor was quite enough .. lol !

[SkyDancer]

:)