Barack Obama actually said...

What I can tell -- from what I can tell, the sergeant who was involved is an outstanding police officer. But my suspicion is, is probably that it would have been better if cooler heads had prevailed.

Context

President Obama expressed his belief that the situation could have been handled better by the police.

07/22/2009

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