In the wake of murder defendant George Zimmerman's acquittal, President Barack Obama rightly sought to cool the reaction, which boiled over violently in too many places, including in Oakland. "We are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their son," Obama said after the verdict was returned in Sanford, Fla. Unfortunately, the president's was a rare voice of reason. Other politicians have played to the crowd,...
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