Obama was quick to play the race card last night after BOb McCulloch announced that the grand jury did not have enough evidence to indict officer Darren Wilson. Yet, Obama didn’t even watch the press conference on TV. Instead, he came out, played the race card, either knowing ahead of time what would happen, or had someone else watch it for him and tell him what happened. Very presidential.
CBS News reports that Obama did not watch St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch’s announcement, but his aides did and briefed him. It was the fifth time Obama addressed Brown’s death.
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In a late-night statement from the White House, Obama said it was understandable that some Americans would be “deeply disappointed — even angered” that police officer Darren Wilson wasn’t indicted. Yet he echoed Brown’s parents in calling for any protests to be peaceful, saying that their wishes should be honored as they grieve their son.
At the same time, Obama sought to dispel the notion that race relations have deteriorated, the protests in Ferguson notwithstanding. He called for Americans to turn their attention to ways to bring police and their communities closer together.