ferguson grand jury verdict was read on november 24th and within 15 minutes of the verdict president obama was on camera. the next day eric holder was on camera making comments about it. after the ferguson shooting happened, president obama released a statement three days later, on cam five days later, eric holder five days later. george zimmerman s acquittal obama on camera six days later eric holder two days later. henry lewis gates, six days after the incident. here we are nine days after two cops got assassinated and i grant you vice president biden showed up and made some beautiful remarks at the funeral, where s the president rich? it s a complete no-brainer and it s no excuse he s on vacation he can t find a camera there s all these reporters waiting for something to cover. cops assassinated attempted ambushes and attacks in other cities. right. so if the ferguson nonindictment is a national story, if the garner nonindictment national story they have to comment on the assa
fireworks or some sort of explosive device you saw there. police cars were damaged. windows broken. at least four people arrested for assaulting officers. the mayor today called for calm. when i got there, we were all saying the same thing. here s a white policeman killing a black young man. so when does this stop? i can assure you that did not happen last night. well, the mayor also called for support for the victim s fame and for the officer involved. now missouri s governor has weighed in as well. yeah, governor jay nixon who pleaded for peace before the ferguson grand jury decision was leleased last month now finds himself facing more violence but under different circumstances. he released a statement today saying the events in berkeley are a reminder that law enforcement officers have a difficult and often dangerous job in protecting themselves and law abiding citizens. of course, this shooting will be investigated, and while there is video, there could have been more, but
molly: a bit of a situation. so many people are weighing on this from both sides of the political spectrum back and forth. should the president weigh in, should he step up and say something? bernard? no question the president should talk about this. has opportunity to speak out courage of guns, senseless violence, hatred and overheated political rhetoric. the president could come out make a clear, unequivocal, calm, short statement, saying both side need to stand back. we need to turn down the heat on this. we need to turn down the rhetoric on this. need to let america and these families in particular mourn the loss of these two very brave officers. we can have serious and real disagreements how to best fight violence and best to reform the police but political bash barbs at this time are not appropriate. molly: david is this the time for the president to speak on this. andrew tahmooressi, 214 days. ferguson grand jury, verdict, 15 minutes. trayvon martin, his statement
2013 where everybody wanted sharpton s support. the one who could most demonize the police one more likely to win. the anti-police vote in the democratic primary. that created this climate. and then you had eric holder weigh in and sue the new york police department for illegal racial profiling when they in fact had done more than any police department in the country to save lives, particularly in high, low-income, and high-crime minority neighborhoods. having attorney general validate this racial attack on the police department, made it even a bigger issue in people s minds. this is, this just didn t happen overnight. bill: think about the comments you make about al sharpton and also eric holder. where is the president or where should you do you believe the president the president had no qualms going on tv making a statement right after ferguson. where has he been on this? he put out a paper statement. he should be on the air supporting our police, telling the people of america ho
started after the ferguson grand jury and after the eric garner grand jury that, you know, that you some this only shows how brutal the police are, how terrible, how they mistreat everybody in the community. and the people that actually have the opposite view, i think they had been silenced. i brought this up before. you know, you have the 15-year-old girl who performed at president obama s second inauguration ceremonies and one week later went back to her neighborhood on the south side of chicago and was shot and killed by two black gang members who thought she was somebody else. and that was one mile from president obama s south side home. and at the time in chicago visiting my father watching local chicago media interview residents of the neighborhoods there, mostly mothers who said we want more police. we don t have enough police here. we re afraid to send our children to school. they might not come back alive. and that month, january 2013,