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Old 04-29-2015, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Bonanza View Post
It's very interesting how different people assimilate words said by someone else.

When I first heard the words "a handful of criminals and thugs," I took it exactly as said -- meaning (let's say), less than ten bad guys started the free-for-all. That's what I understood it to mean and I truly believe that's what was meant.

I think those words have been severely blown out of proportion and exaggerated.

I saw this live and this tape has been edited. A portion left out were these words; “One burning building will be looped on television over and over again and the thousand of demonstrators who did it the right way have been lost in the discussion,” President Obama

Obama criticizes black deaths by police, rioters and society

I think that Mama is doing a better job of gaining my respect.
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