White House sent 3 officials to Michael Brown funeral but 0 to James Foley memorial

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

White House sent three officials to Michael Brown funeral but ZERO to James Foley memorial service

• Memorial mass for Foley in New Hampshire came and went Sunday without a White House emissary
• Both New Hampshire senators were there, along with the state's governor and the town's congresswoman
• White House says Obama's weigh-in came last week on Martha's Vineyard when he delivered a stirring five-minute statement (and then played golf)
• Three administration officials attended the Brown funeral on Monday in St. Louis, including two from the White House Public Engagement Office
• Attorney General Eric Holder also trekked to Missouri last week to mug for cameras and oversee an FBI civil rights investigation

This of course was reported in the dailymail in the uk. Did not pick up anything on the main newspapers in the US. Go figure.

[joe d.]

ACTIONS ...speak louder than words...so what does this tell us????

[Linda_D]

So? Foley was an adult voluntarily went into a war zone despite having been captured and held captive in Libya a year before. He knew the danger. He wasn't an unarmed teenager in his own neighborhood shot 6 times by a local cop.

[Jeff]

So? Foley was an adult voluntarily went into a war zone despite having been captured and held captive in Libya a year before. He knew the danger. He wasn't an unarmed teenager in his own neighborhood shot 6 times by a local cop.

latest reports suggest 10 shots.

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

Heh, you folks are freaking amazing.

It would be one thing if you said the WH should not have sent officials to either events (which would have been the right move) but you just can't help from digging a hole.

[BorderBob]

latest reports suggest 10 shots.

He was only hit six times. The statement is accurate.



b.b.

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

So ISIS has another hostage. This time it's a a 26-year-old American woman who was doing humanitarian relief work in Syria.

I would fear the worst for her but this administration has already traded with terrorists. But if the worst does happen, I would assume that multiple people from the administration would be sent to the services. After all, women is another progressive checkbox like minorities.

[Save Us]

Why is the federal government sending people to this funeral?



Is there any proof whatsoever that this was totally unjustified shooting? Intelligent people should wait until the findings are out.
Ps the State police captain apologizing was the biggest idiot move I think I have seen in a while. Stupid. I thought only whites could have white guilt?

[nogods]

He was only hit six times. The statement is accurate.



b.b.

Hit only six times, but there appears to be an audio recording (some guy making internet whoppie was recording himself) on which is heard 6 shots, a short pause, then 4 more shots. Might be fake though.

[nogods]

Heh, you folks are freaking amazing.

It would be one thing if you said the WH should not have sent officials to either events (which would have been the right move) but you just can't help from digging a hole.

Nope. He should have sent a rep to the Foley memorial because Foley was a victim of people who claim they will destroy us. They are our world enemies.

Brown is still at issue. He may have been a victim of police brutality, or a perpetrator justifiably shot, or an unfortunate victim of negligence. The Pres should not get involved at this point. If it turns out Brown was a perp trying to injur or kill the police officer, will the Pres apologize to the cop for sending reps to the perps funeral?

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

Nope. He should have sent a rep to the Foley memorial because Foley was a victim of people who claim they will destroy us. They are our world enemies.

Brown is still at issue. He may have been a victim of police brutality, or a perpetrator justifiably shot, or an unfortunate victim of negligence. The Pres should not get involved at this point. If it turns out Brown was a perp trying to injur or kill the police officer, will the Pres apologize to the cop for sending reps to the perps funeral?

I see your point but unless you go to all of them you should not go to any of them..a 'fair share' of the staff time and all.

FWIW, nobody at the WH should be near Ferguson. It's just a ghetto thug who was shot for attacking a police officer.

[BorderBob]

Hit only six times, but there appears to be an audio recording (some guy making internet whoppie was recording himself) on which is heard 6 shots, a short pause, then 4 more shots. Might be fake though.

Linda said he was shot 6 times, that is an accurate statement backed up by the autopsy. How many shots were fired isn't material to the statement.

b.b.

[nogods]

Linda said he was shot 6 times, that is an accurate statement backed up by the autopsy. How many shots were fired isn't material to the statement.

b.b.

And Jeff said there was a report of 10 shots - an equally accurate statement.

The number of shots fired might well be important, especially if, as heard on the audio, there is a pause between the firdt 6 and the second 4. The autopsy report says nothing about the number of shots fired or which of the ten shots hit him.

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

And Jeff said there was a report of 10 shots - an equally accurate statement.

The number of shots fired might well be important, especially if, as heard on the audio, there is a pause between the firdt 6 and the second 4. The autopsy report says nothing about the number of shots fired or which of the ten shots hit him.

This is conjecture on why 10 shots were fired but only 6 entered the body. I'll also add my opinion that based on the officer tried his best to stop the threat by shooting the man in the arm and shoulder or essentially non-lethal shots. It's possible several of these shots went outside of the body to the left.

More details will come out and this will all be clear eventually.

[nogods]

This is conjecture on why 10 shots were fired but only 6 entered the body. I'll also add my opinion that based on the officer tried his best to stop the threat by shooting the man in the arm and shoulder or essentially non-lethal shots. It's possible several of these shots went outside of the body to the left.

More details will come out and this will all be clear eventually.

First, it is not conjecture that 10 shots fired. The 10 shots are based on a supposed audio recording of the incident. If the audio recording is real, then it is a fact.

Second, LEO's are not trained in shoot to wound.

Third, any LEO who claims he tried to only wound a perp should not have been firing his weapon in the first place and should never be allowed to own a firearm.

Anyone, LEO or otherwise, who has to shoot at a person had better be trying to hit the target in the most critical mass and better dam well know that a bullet in any part of the body can cause death just from blood loss.

Whether he fired 6 or 10 shots, he was firing lethal shots, whether he thought so or not.