Obama: Don't Use Ferguson Verdict As An Excuse For Violence

Following up on sentiments first reported by the New York Times some days ago, today Obama used an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos to urge those protesting over an anticipated grand jury verdict in the death of Michael Brown of Ferguson , Missouri, to keep the peace.
“This is a country that allows everybody to express their views. Allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions that they think are unjust. But using any event as an excuse for violence is contrary to rule of law and contrary to...