stronger than it was at that time. that was when obama became identified as a radical black man which he certainly is not. so ultimately the henry louis gates case put the president in a cage where he literally became almost petrified to deal with the issue of race in public. when you saw more substantive issues occur like the shooting of oscar grant, the shooting of sean bell, the shooting of ianna jones, the president was afraid to touch those things. i think a conversation on race must occur in the united states but the president is not necessarily the person positioned to best lead that conversation. in fact, shirley sherrod has impressed me so much that i think she should be involved in helping to lead that conversation because we have to have that conversation without a political agenda. that s interesting. so you believe it is really not the president s place to take up this issue or lead the discussion. i want to ask you about this, sherrilyn. shirley talked to us this mornin
cross fire and of wounded. 60 wounded, most of them civ civili civilians. militants who are demanding a stricter form of islamic law shelled a parliament building with mortar fire. police shot and killed a 7-year-old girl during a botched raid earlier this morning. ianna jones died after police looking for a murder suspect stormed a home on the city s east side. during the confusion, an officer s gun accidentally discharged, killing ianna. that s what police are saying. here s what the girl s father had to say about it. she was asleep. they came through the door shooting, throwing flash gl grenades. at the wrong house. shot and killed her. we cannot undo what occurred this morning. all we can do is pledge an open and full investigation and to support ianna s family in whatever way they may be willing to accept from us at this time. what a tragedy.