Chris Christie On Ferguson: I’m Not Going To Get Into It

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks with reporters at the National Governors Association convention Saturday, July 12, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) apparently doesn’t want to wade into some of the issues surrounding the turmoil in Ferguson, Mo.

In a report published Monday by New Jersey Public Radio, reporter Matt Katz said that he asked Christie last week whether there was a problem with the way law enforcement deal with African American men and teens.

“I’m not going to get into this business of generalizing against law enforcement officers. It’s not right,” Christie said.

“Whatever happened in Ferguson, we have a justice system in this country that will be able to make that judgement and if there are people who need to be held accountable I’m confident they will be,” he said.

Christie’s remarks surfaced the same day Rev. Al Sharpton criticized him for silence on the killing of Michael Brown and the subsequent clashes between police and protestors in Ferguson.

Sharpton, who has traveled to Ferguson on invitation from Brown’s family, specifically called out Christie for partying with John McCain and Jamie Foxx in the Hamptons while clashes in Ferguson raged.

It’s not the first time the potential 2016 candidate has expressed disinterest in addressing a national issue. In July, when asked about the hotly-disputed Hobby Lobby ruling at the Supreme Court, Christie initially shrugged.

“Why should I give an opinion as to whether they were right or wrong?” he said.

Two weeks later, however, the governor declared his support for the ruling.

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  1. To be fair, most bullies are completely cowards.

  2. Avatar for marby marby says:

    I couldn’t say it better than that.

  3. A big fat dodge, because, he wants to run on his militarization and statistically small drop in the crime rate of Camden, and he WILL run on that!

    Get ready USA, USA, USA…time to man up and put UK style cameras everywhere ghettos are housing people of color.

  4. What chrisite couldn’t say:
    If this happened in my state it would be over by now.
    The innocent would disappear and the guilty would get rewarded.
    Everything else is media hype and being it was last week or something, I can’t recall anything. I am to busy keeping new jersey as my play ground until some idiots pay for me to run for president.

  5. politicians have nothing to say until its over then they can side with who ever the winner is . Obama had the balls to bring it up with out any poll results and republican fox news condemns him for it while republicans stick their tails between their legs. At least rand paul brought it up at some point so i’ll give him that. And no I am not a rand paul supporter I just call it as i see it.

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