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Rev. Peterson to Obama: 'Apologize!'
Contact: BOND Action, Inc., 213-804-1872
LOS ANGELES, July 24 /Standard Newswire/ -- President Barack Obama is "surprised" by the controversy surrounding his remarks that the Cambridge, Mass., police department acted "stupidly" in its arrest of Henry Louis Gates. Obama defended his comments and told ABC News that the Harvard University Professor should not have been arrested.
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND Action, Inc., issued the following statement regarding Obama's defense of the indefensible. The following is Rev. Peterson's statement:
"Barack Obama was wrong to malign and insult the Cambridge police department without knowing the facts. He wasn't there. This was a local law enforcement issue; yet Obama chose to elevate it to a national racial crisis on prime time television. Obama's comments were racist and irresponsible. He owes the nation an apology.
"Barack Obama is Jeremiah Wright, Jr. Obama's racially-tinged and bias remarks validate the hatred that many black Americans feel towards police, especially white cops. He has stirred up racial tensions and is causing deep irreparable damage to race relations in this country.
"Mr. President, words have consequences. Do the right thing as a man and as President and apologize. Apologize to Sgt. James Crowley and the Cambridge Police Department. Apologize to white Americans; then apologize to black Americans for encouraging and in many cases validating their hatred of whites and police officers."
BOND Action, Inc. is a 501 (c) (4) cultural action organization, which exists to educate, motivate and rally Americans to greater involvement in the moral, cultural and political issues that threaten our great country. Contributions to BOND Action, Inc. are NOT tax-deductible, but are confidential. For more information call (877) WE-ACT-77 (932-2877) or visit www.bondaction.org.
