The '''Obama Riots''', sometimes referred to as the Obama '''War on Police''', were a series of racially motivated conflagrations that erupted nationwide in the last half of [[President Barack Obama]]'s second term. Initially elected as America's first "post-racial" president,<ref>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18489466</ref> many African-Americans became increasingly disillusioned as Obama's presidency progressed.<ref>https://www.people-press.org/2014/12/08/sharp-racial-divisions-in-reactions-to-brown-garner-decisions/12-8-2014_08/</ref> Critics charged Obama personally inflamed the rioters and lawless elements responsible for the destruction of property, businesses, and jobs in several American cities.<ref>http://blog.blackbusiness.org/2014/08/black-businesses-in-ferguson-missouri-recovering-from-looting.html#.VWPqLzY4nTb</ref><ref>https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/04/protests-baltimore</ref> | The '''Obama Riots''', sometimes referred to as the Obama '''War on Police''', were a series of racially motivated conflagrations that erupted nationwide in the last half of [[President Barack Obama]]'s second term. Initially elected as America's first "post-racial" president,<ref>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18489466</ref> many African-Americans became increasingly disillusioned as Obama's presidency progressed.<ref>https://www.people-press.org/2014/12/08/sharp-racial-divisions-in-reactions-to-brown-garner-decisions/12-8-2014_08/</ref> Critics charged Obama personally inflamed the rioters and lawless elements responsible for the destruction of property, businesses, and jobs in several American cities.<ref>http://blog.blackbusiness.org/2014/08/black-businesses-in-ferguson-missouri-recovering-from-looting.html#.VWPqLzY4nTb</ref><ref>https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/04/protests-baltimore</ref> |