'Never let a crisis go to waste’: Obama's proposed Ferguson 'fix' to cost $263 million

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

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@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
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@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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