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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Then there is this little gem from Neil's article:

[i]The report also calls for government to collect more data about state and local policing. That data will help federal officials impose new rules. “We need more information to find out how to take to scale best practices when it comes to training so that police officers are able to work in a way that reduces the possibilities of bias,“ Obama said.

State and local policing may need to be subordinated to federal social policy, Obama suggested. “Our approach to our drug laws, for example, and criminalization of nonviolent offenses rather than taking more of a public health approach — that may be something that has an impact in eroding trust between law enforcement and communities.”[/i][/quote]

The article you are quoting is very deceptive. The report does not quote Obama. So, none of the Obama quotes in the article came from the report. The author is picking quotes from the report and then placing them next to Obama quotes to create a misleading perception. Moreover, the author paraphrases in cases in what seems to be a prejudicial manner. For instance, the report says nothing about federal officials imposing new rules. That is flat made up by the author.

Nothing you have quotes supports your conspiracy theory that Obama is going to federalize the local police. Do you have any actual evidence or are you satisfied with a bunch of half-truths and outright falsehoods?
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Who is deceptive? Did Obama say these things regarding state and local police, or did he not?  The question is, is the Obama Administration working towards federalizing state and local police. It is you that is exclusively focusing on just the report, which is only one element of Neil's report. The quotes by Obama are part and parcel. Neil has always been a good, thorough journalist.

I don't recall the Constitution giving the Feds control over the state and local governments. [/quote]

You always ask questions when you are asked to provided evidence. Don't expect me to do your homework. I am not in the business of proving negatives. If you think Obama is federalizing state and local police, show some evidence. Don't provide paraphrases that are not sourced to original quotations. If you have actual evidence -- not half-truths and falsehoods invented by "Neil" please let me know about them. Right now all you have done is linked to an author who falsely claims that a report says something it doesn't.
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