Obama: ‘No Excuse’ for Police Shootings in Ferguson

President Barack Obama has denounced the shooting of two police officers in racially-charged Ferguson, Missouri, calling it a criminal act and said the shooter or shooters "need to be arrested." He spoke Thursday night on a U.S. television late night program, saying there is no excuse for the shooting and it "should not detract from the issue." Earlier, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the Thursday morning attack "an ambush" and said the...

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