Obama Discusses Ferguson Shooting and addresses mean tweets. The leader of the free world recently appeared on the the Jimmy Kimmel show.The two discussed a range of things like the shooting in Ferguson, Kanye West,and the ridiculous mean tweets the president receives. Check the gallery for the tweets! Find out more after the jump.
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Obama Discusses Ferguson Shooting And Addresses Mean Tweets
“What had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and worthy of protest, but there was no excuse for criminal acts,” Obama said of the two officers that were shot. “What we have to make sure is the folks that disregard and disrespect the other side, the people that resort to violence, that they’re marginalized. They’re not the majority. In the same way that you can’t generalize about police officers who do an extraordinarily tough job, overwhelmingly they do it professionally, you can’t generalize about protesters who, it turns out, had some very legitimate grievances. The Justice Department report showed African Americans were being stopped disproportionately mainly so that the city could raise money, even though these were unjust.”
The president briefly discusses his first encounter with Kanye
“I’ve met Kanye twice,” Obama said, according to the Daily Beast. “The first time was when I was a senator and he was with his mom. He’d just gotten big. He’s from Chicago, so they wanted to meet, and he was very soft-spoken and very gracious. He was a young guy, and hadn’t quite come into his own. And about six months ago, he came to an event and, look, I love his music and he’s incredibly creative. I don’t think I’ve got his home number.”
Obama Discusses Ferguson Shooting And Addresses Mean Tweets
Jimmy has a segment called mean tweets celebrities get up and address the mean tweets that people post about them. I can’t believe he got the president to participate; but then again the president has been using entertainment as a platform to get his message across not to long ago he created a video and used the word Yolo lol. Check out the video below.
