They got him...

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

What Obama said was

"I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home, and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately."

Not sure how any rational person could disagree with that.

"But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry"

If one of my kids refused to cooperate with a police officer who was trying to help them, I'd expect my kid to get a negative response, and I'd be angry at my kid, not at the police, who are trying to help.

"the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home"

People get arrested every day while inside their own home.

Not a syllable form Obama to suggest that the cops were trying to help, and that his pal Skip contributed to it.

"Not sure how any rational person could disagree with that"

Of course not, you get goosebumps at everything he says.