Obama On Killing Of Muslim Students: No One Should Be Targeted For 'How They Worship'

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

President Barack Obama reacted Friday to the slaying of three Muslim students earlier this week near the University of North Carolina, stating that "no one in the United States of America should ever be targeted" for their religion.

"Yesterday, the FBI opened an inquiry into the brutal and outrageous murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, North Carolina," Obama said in a statement. "In addition to the ongoing investigation by local authorities, the FBI is taking steps to determine whether federal laws were violated."

"No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship," the statement continued. "Michelle and I offer our condolences to the victims’ loved ones. As we saw with the overwhelming presence at the funeral of these young Americans, we are all one American family. Whenever anyone is taken from us before their time, we remember how they lived their lives – and the words of one of the victims should inspire the way we live ours."

The President concluded by quoting an interview one of the victims gave last year to the StoryCorps oral history project.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-reacts-3-muslim-students-killed

[Stuart G]

1. k and r.

[madokie]

2. Thank you mr President

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

3. He could do better than that.

"No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship"

How about:

"No one in the world should ever be targeted for any reason, unless your very life is hanging in the balance."

[George II]

4. How about: Let our President speak for himself. He was addressing THIS incident, not giving...

...a policy speech. Please!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

5. Well, EXCUSE ME!!!!!

[Fred Sanders]

6. Why not just agree you were wrong? This is one terrible topical incident, conflating it is silly.

The President is not silly or wanting to conflate....

The FBI will be able to get to the bottom of this, the bottom the local police are unwilling to explore...bottom of the barrel racial bigotry.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

14. I don't think I am wrong. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

15. You will always be right if you refuse to know the facts, DU may not be a good fit for you.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. ping

[JI7]

12. lame

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

18. Thanks.

[7962]

7. So far nothing says he targeted them because they were muslims. He's an open carry idiot

I'll bet we soon hear from others whom he threatened as well. They argued over parking many times in the past. He's an athiest, not some "Westboro baptist" moron.
Has he talked of revenge for the murders by Muslims? Not that I've heard or read.
But I guess we HAVE to make it about their religion regardless of what the real story is. It happens so rarely compared to the opposite

[uponit7771]

9. Yes, it does.. the timing of his attacks and the fact the parking space wasn't his it was a visitor

... parking space.

Either way, if the shooter were Muslim and started harassing Christians after finding out they were Christian on the pretext of a parking space (that wasn't the shooters to begin) and shot the Christians execution style no struggle this would be wall to wall news.

He harrassed the Muslim tenants with a gun....

All this started when the male tenant brought him his head scarf wearing wife....

he didn't like Muslims or any other religion

[rug]

10. Do you prefer "No One Should Be Targeted For 'Where They Park'"?

[Fred Sanders]

11. Being unaware apparently of the timelines you would insist on saying that....

Visitor parking space by the way, at least you can get that much informed.

"They" did not "argue", they were threatened by Hicks multiple times but only after Baharat moved his bride in and then he would start harassing both of them..did you know that! Do you think the father of two dead children would make that up?

Th uniformed need not apply with their legal opinions.

[7962]

19. I think he deserves the needle regardless of his motive.

I just think he sounds like a nut who likely harassed others. I've seen that reported just this evening on Sharptons tv show. A woman said he used to get riled up over parking and messed with lots of people.
Sounds like he should've been put away a long time ago

[Fred Sanders]

20. Sounds like you still have a weak grasp of the time lines and facts.

[7962]

21. Watch the replay and see for yourself. He's been a loose cannon for awhile

I just dont like to jump to conclusions when theres a lot of other evidence to look at

[JI7]

13. the ones he shot and killed were muslim

[Fred Sanders]

16. Funny coincidence, he only killed the Muslims, just a coincidence, Americans are not ruled up over

Muslims lately are they?

The only ones now literally pleading this only be over a visitor parking space have no idea of what they are talking about, they are clueless investigators only a grade below the media.

[uponit7771]

8. +1