Obama Reads Mean Tweets on ‘Kimmel,’ Talks Ferguson

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President Barack Obama bantered with late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel Thursday and read mean tweets about himself before addressing the more serious topic of an alleged pattern of racially biased policing in Ferguson, Missouri.

Obama said he was thankful that two police officers who were shot in Ferguson as a protest wrapped up Wednesday survived and are expected to recover.

He called for whoever fired at the officers, wounding one in the shoulder and the other in the face, to be punished, and said those who commit acts of violence are criminals who don’t represent the peaceful protesters or the social change they are trying to bring about.

“I think that what had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest, but there was no excuse for criminal acts,” Obama said on on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “And whoever fired those shots shouldn’t detract from the issue. They’re criminals, they need to be arrested.”… see more

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