# How did the Obama Adminstration affect the "racial divide?"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-obama-adminstration-affect-the-racial-divide/795703 "2017-09-07T02:24:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-obama-adminstration-affect-the-racial-divide/795703/101 "2017-09-12T19:48:18Z")

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> [@treis](#):
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> The first two points of his statement were (1) I don’t know the facts and (2) the cops acted stupidly. How is that not going against the cops before the facts came out?

Is any criticism of a police officer “going against the cops”, or just this one? If I say that Sean Groubert acted stupidly when he shot motorist Levar Jones several times for no reason, am I “going against the cops”?

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-obama-adminstration-affect-the-racial-divide/795703/102 "2017-09-12T22:28:17Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Is any criticism of a police officer “going against the cops”, or just this one? If I say that Sean Groubert acted stupidly when he shot motorist Levar Jones several times for no reason, am I “going against the cops”?

Yes, saying someone acted stupidly is going against them.

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-obama-adminstration-affect-the-racial-divide/795703/103 "2017-09-12T22:48:22Z")

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> [@treis](#):
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> Yes, saying someone acted stupidly is going against them.

What a simplistic view of the universe. I don’t agree.

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