Obama, Holder to discuss federal response to Ferguson chaos

[PoliticAverse]

Source: The Hill

Attorney General Eric Holder will brief President Obama Monday on a possible federal response to violence in Ferguson, Mo., after another night of clashes prompted Gov. Jay Nixon (D-Mo.) to call in the Missouri National Guard.

Police used tear gas Sunday night on demonstrators protesting the killing of an unarmed black teenager, who a private autopsy report found was shot at least six times. A white police officer, Darren Wilson, has been named as the shooter of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said Obama's primary objective in meeting with Holder is to find a way to end the violence in Ferguson, which is now in its second week.

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The president and Holder are scheduled to meet at 1:15 p.m. in the Oval Office. Obama flew back to Washington on Sunday night from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard. He is scheduled to return to his vacation on Tuesday.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/215362-obama-holder-to-discuss-federal-response-to-ferguson-violence

[Demeter]

1. Better late than never, I suppose

[still_one]

4. He was working from his vacation all along.

[dballance]

5. Obama and Holder Shouldn't have to involved.

If that police chief and the governor had done their jobs he wouldn't have to be.

[FarPoint]

2. Time to release control out of the hands of Ferguson!

I'm sensing that this will be turned over to Federal Court very soon as it is a civil rights crime.

[still_one]

6. It already is, that is one of the reasons Obama assigned it to the justice department

[FarPoint]

7. This can't happen soon enough!

We will endure another week of high anxiety! I'm already stressed.

[sheshe2]

3. KnR

[PoliticAverse]

8. Followup: Holder to go to Ferguson Wednesday...

President Obama said Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday.

Holder will meet with federal agents conducting an investigation into the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer Aug. 9.

"Let's seek to heal rather than wound each other," Obama said, in his second set of remarks on the situation in the past five days.

Read the rest at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/18/white-house-takes-stock-of-the-situation-in-ferguson/