Now Fraternal order of Police try and blame Obama.

[Savannahmann]

I honestly wish I could say check out this link to the Onion. Or perhaps I could say that I was just joking. No, I'm afraid I'm actually serious.

The executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police criticized President Obama Thursday for his remarks about law enforcement in Ferguson, Mo.

"I would contend that discussing police tactics from Martha's Vineyard is not helpful to ultimately calming the situation," director Jim Pasco said in an interview with The Hill.

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"I'm not there, and neither is the president," Pasco said. "That is why we have due process in the United States. And this will all be sorted out over time. But right now, I haven't seen anything from afar — and maybe the president has — that would lead me to believe the police are doing anything except to restore order."

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Talk about being tone deaf. Hey the cops are pretty much viewed by the public at large as jackbooted gestapo, but hey let's not let that slow us down from further militarization right? The cops are just doing their jobs. Right now, I'm watching the news, and there is nothing about riots or tear gas or all that nonsense in Ferguson. Why? Because someone finally showed up with a brain between his ears. MSNBC says that the case if it happened according to the witnesses, was first degree murder.

But there is no way that the President of the United States, who has access to the Justice Department, the FBI, and the Governor of the State might have some information. But for the sake of argument. Let's pretend that President Obama is half as ignorant as you seem to be Chief of the Fraternal Order of Police, perhaps you could turn on the news and see the brutal responses.

I say that the Chief of the Fraternal Order of Police is ignorant because apparently he hasn't heard about the press being arrested. I say that because the rest of us are sickened, infuriated, and disgusted by what we are seeing. He seems to be one of the few people who hasn't managed to see any of the video, or pictures of dolts in uniform pointing rifles at people who are holding their hands up and saying don't shoot me.

I'm with President Obama. There is no excuse for what we're seeing from the police in Furgeson. Apparently things are improving, now that they have the grown ups in charge.

[AgingAmerican]

1. I work with a former cop

He was pretty high up in his department and had to retire due to heart issues. He told me that 90% of cops are Republicans.

[liberal N proud]

4. I wonder if that is because of second ammendment

and connections to NRA

[frylock]

7. I think it's because 90% of cops are assholes

[AgingAmerican]

12. Ding Ding Ding!

We have a winner!!

[BrotherIvan]

17. It's also because they are a "protected" union

When the corporate puppets go after unions, they never touch the police. They want them on their side.

[liberal N proud]

18. Unions tend to be Democratic

[BrotherIvan]

21. Not cops

Teachers, public empolyees, yes. And oh look, can't stomp them out fast enough.

[NaturalHigh]

2. Did you see some of the threads here last night?

People asking "Where is Obama?" as if the President was supposed to go to Ferguson and personally take charge or something.

[Journeyman]

3. There's always the possibility, Mr Pasco, that the U.S. President has better intel than you . . .

that even from far-away Martha's Vineyard, the President has sources and intelligence gathering capabilities that could -- just conceivably -- could be better than those you use watching "from afar," sitting in your living room, sipping a brew, watching TV.

Maybe. Could be. Ponder this, Mr Pasco, and see if any light gets through to that dark walnut you perceive of as your brain.

[frylock]

5. fuck tha police

[bluestateguy]

6. I view police as people who stand in my way of having a good time

namely, smoking weed, having a wild party at my apartment (when I was in college), and running out on the field when my team wins the championship.

[CBGLuthier]

19. If that is your only issue with police I would say congrats on your white privilege.

[missingfink]

8. Pasco mentions due process

The policeman/shooter will get plenty of due process in the coming days. Michael Brown got none.

[Rex]

9. Jim Pasco...meh.

The POTUS said something that was true...deal with it moran.

[AverageJoe90]

10. Tone deaf, indeed. Fuck the crooks in the Ferguson/STL County P.D. nt

[Dawson Leery]

11. It is time to break up the FOP.

The FOP protects bad coppers.

[JEB]

13. That fucker has the nerve to talk Due Process...

after the police execute an unarmed kid with his hands up.

[L0oniX]

14. +1

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Translation of Jim Pasco's statement:

"What we has here is a continental divide."

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Savannahmann.

[BklnDem75]

20. Bleh! The comment section is infested with rw loons

Thought I was reading Yahoo for a sec.