Police Union Demands a Special Prosecutor Because States Attny Has Ties to Freddie Gray Family

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• “I can’t federalize every police force in the country and force them to retrain, but what I can do is to start working with them,” Obama said.

  "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 he Cambridge police acted stupidly

  "Separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-American and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately," the president said, eagerly engaging the issue of racial profiling, a concern earlier in his career that has seen little White House attention to date.

  "That’s just a fact," Obama said of profiling. "That doesn't lessen the incredibly progress that has been made."

  I will also hold myself as president to a new standard of openness .... Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

  My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

  "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government."

  But his tenure has been one of the most polarizing overall of any modern president. Each of his six years in office have ranked in the top 10 most polarized since 1953, with President George W. Bush taking the other four slots.

  And as an election looms, the polarization escalates.

  Obama's most polarized year was his fourth, when average Democratic approval was at 86%, while Republicans approved of him at an average of 10%. Bush's year heading into his reelection fight was also his most polarizing.

• Oh, come on guys...nothing to see here. Move along!

• Did you see her make the announcement? That was the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen. It's a sorry state of affairs when our public officials are that pathetic.

  • She sounded like Sharpton wrote the announcement.

    • Nah you could understand what she was saying.

• The mayor is a demotard operative, and this is her evil twin. She took money for her election from a friend of the Gray Family, about $4000 bucks. She needs to back off.

  • Oh no!
    She is as unbiased as you can find in Baltimore.

    *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*