The Patriot Post® · Obama Not Helping Ferguson Riots

Jim Pasco, director of the Fraternal Order of Police, said Obama’s response to the Ferguson, Missouri, riots isn’t helping. “I would contend that discussing police tactics from Martha’s Vineyard is not helpful to ultimately calming the situation,” he said. Yesterday, the golfer in chief paused from his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard to clump together a few words on Iraq and Ferguson because saying stuff about things is what he does. But Pasco continued, “I think what he has to do as president and as a constitutional lawyer is remember that there is a process in the United States and the process is being followed, for good or for ill, by the police and by the county and by the city and by the prosecutors’ office.” When Obama weighs in with an opinion he formed during a vacation briefing, he hurts more than he helps. More…