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You think people are going to vote for that?
by sfj 6y ago
You think people are going to vote for that?
- darkerside 6y agoObama embodied empathy. I wish we had more politicians like that on both sides of the aisle.
- verdverm 6y agoAs the first black president, what were the things Obama did to improve the situation? (serious question, not educated on this matter, generally try to avoid politics)
- qqqwerty 6y agoIt is a complicated issue. And quite frankly, I think the policing issues are a flash point triggering unrest over the deeper seated inequality in our society. So it is hard to address the issue directly as the actual number of deaths are not very prevalent. But to answer your question, here is an article comparing DOJ activity under Obama and Trump: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/1/1949441/-Trump-s-Justice-Department-refuses-to-investigate-police-departments-for-patterns-of-abuse https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/1/1949441/-Trump-s-J...