Obama makes first official statement about Ferguson cop shootings on Jimmy Kimmel Live
President Barack Obama offered his first official comment on the recent shootings of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri tonight — on a comedy talk show. Obama appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night, saying that while what had been happening in Ferguson was “oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest,” there was “no excuse for criminal acts.”
“Whoever fired those shots shouldn’t detract from the issue,” the president said, after Kimmel raised the issue. “They’re criminals. They need to be arrested. And then what we need to do is make sure that like-minded, good-spirited people on both sides, law-enforcement who have a terrifically tough job, and people who understand they don’t want to be stopped and harassed…
Source:: The Verge
