Some people think former President George W. Bush was a bit too jovial, swinging his arms and swaying on stage at the somber memorial for fallen Dallas police officers.
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“That’s what these five were doing last Thursday, hen they were assigned to protect and keep orderly a peaceful protest in response to the killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in Minnesota: They were upholding the constitutional rights of this country”, he said. Words like “disgrace” and “hate” were thrown around to describe Obama and his speech, despite most media outlets applauding the president’s message.
“Laura and I see members of law enforcement every day”.
Former President Bush said Mayor Rawlings and Dallas Police Chief David Brown have been “mighty inspirational for the rest of the nation”. I’m here to insist we’re not as divided as we seem. “We know that the overwhelming majority of police officers do an incredibly hard and risky job fairly and professionally”, Obama said.
President Obama brought words of comfort to the people of Dallas Tuesday, days after a gunman opened fire on police who were watching over a march to protest police brutality.
Injured Dallas area rapid transit police officer Misty McBride gets a hug as she arrives for interfaith memorial service. “We know it”, Obama told the crowd of several hundred people, including many uniformed police officers, at the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center. “And although we know that such divisions are not new, though they’ve surely been worse in even the recent past, that offers us little comfort”, he said.
“At times it seems like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together”, Bush said. “We have heard prejudice in our heads and felt it in our heads”, he said.
Maybe Bush knows something about happiness we don’t?
The five officers – Brent Thompson, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, and Lorne Ahrens – were killed on Thursday by a lone sniper during a street protest against police violence. Nine other officers and two civilians were also wounded.
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“I know that Americans are struggling right now with what we’ve witnessed over the last week”. Even though Obama has spoken out against the shooting, ending his trip to Europe early to attend the service in Dallas. the GOP continues to remain hard-lined with their opposition. “We want the unity of hope, affection and high goal”. Swirling winds of suspicion are threatening to overtake our nation and make us question if equality and peace can truly exist in all communities, or if that’s an impossible dream. To renew our unity, we only need to remember our values.
