President Obama: 'There's No Excuse' for Violence in Baltimore

The President called for transparency into the investigation of the death of Freddie Gray, but called for a halt to the violence undermining peaceful protests about the case.
1:22 | 04/28/15

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Transcript for President Obama: 'There's No Excuse' for Violence in Baltimore
There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive. When individuals get crow bars and start pried open doors to. They're not in. Protesters. They are not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building their committing arson. And they're destroying an undermining. Businesses. And opportunities in their own communities. That. Rob. Jobs and opportunity from. People a matter. So. It is entirely appropriate. The mayor of Baltimore who I spoke to yesterday and the governor. Who I spoke to yesterday. It worked to stop. Kind of senseless. Violence and destruction. There's not a protest. There's not. A statement. Its people a handful of people taken advantage. Of the situation for their own purposes and they need be treated as problems.

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