President Obama today held meetings in the wake of Ferguson. Among those Obama met with were elected officials, law enforcement officials and Al Sharpton:
Pres Obama also meets with elected officials, community leaders & law enforcement chiefs to discuss ways to build police/community trust.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 1, 2014
Part of the proposed “solution” will of course cost a great deal of money both federally and locally:
Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson shooting and unrest, White House says – @Reuters http://t.co/nPqrBKcXe9
— Breaking Politics (@breakingpol) December 1, 2014
Obama to provide funding for 50,000 police body cameras: http://t.co/XFyHApcuRi pic.twitter.com/kEfBoyKVef
— The Hill (@thehill) December 1, 2014
Pres Obama proposing 3-year $263-million program to fund police training and body-worn cameras by local police.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 1, 2014
WH proposal calls for 50% matching funds to state & local police for purchase of body worn cameras. $75-million could buy 50,000 cams.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 1, 2014
The “solution” is always more money:
U spelled taxpayer wrong RT @thehill: Obama to provide funding for 50,000 police body cameras: http://t.co/eLM3em9AH0 pic.twitter.com/nHIGEGeGTj
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 1, 2014
Pretty sure you mean the American taxpayers will provide. Unless he's paying outta that infamous "Obama Stash" @thehill
— Tango Foxtrot (@TFinn82) December 1, 2014
@breakingpol @d2gbeard @Reuters stir the pit then use tax payers dollars to clean up the mess – so Obama like ?
— Karen Walker (@walkerkpt) December 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheDFWExaminer/status/539480964750376960
https://twitter.com/iMAGiNeprints1/status/539480566262161408
@markknoller Major Cost of pgm isn't cameras, but in record storage, mgmt, retrieval …also setting policy, procedures, regs, retention
— AliceH (@Alice_Aitch) December 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/JamesRitch1/status/539483598274187264
https://twitter.com/DeidreSaint/status/539491601765400576
If #Obama meeting w/men of faith (AlSharpton) is going 2 fix the hate coming out of #Ferguson, dream on #Teagan #tcot
— Alexandra the NATIONALIST – ❌✝️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@KAFosterSowell) December 1, 2014
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