Black Caucus Chair: Ferguson Decision Shows ‘Black Lives Hold No Value’

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. Tens of thousands of pe... Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, to commemorate King's famous ""I Have a Dream" speech, made Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, and pledging that his dream includes equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus decried as a “miscarriage of justice” the Ferguson grand jury decision on Thursday not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

“This decision seems to underscore an unwritten rule that Black lives hold no value; that you may kill Black men in this country without consequences or repercussions. This is a frightening narrative for every parent and guardian of Black and brown children, and another setback for race relations in America,” Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said in a statement.

The congresswoman called it a “slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail” and expressed solidarity with “the loved ones of all the Michael Browns we have buried in this country.”

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  1. This is the same leader whose caucus voted to keep the DoD 1033 program in place. I don’t believe I particularly care what the Congressional Black Caucus has to say.

  2. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    I’m glad we have a President that is far more rational then she seems to be with that statement.

  3. Avatar for okay okay says:

    Talk about a self-defeatist opinion: a negative view of oneself.

  4. You shouldn’t post while looking in the mirror, Trollbreath.

  5. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    What did she say that isn’t true. I can’t imagine that even the most sympathetic white person could possibly understand.

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