Governor praises peaceful protests after officer cleared

Ohio Governor John Kasich has praised the mostly peaceful protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman charged in the deaths of two unarmed black motorists in a barrage of police gunfire.

Kasich said yesterday on ABC’s This Week that people in Cleveland should be proud and that their response should serve as a model for the nation. Kasich said “the verdict is the verdict” when asked whether patrolman Michael Brelo’s acquittal on voluntary manslaughter charges was just.

Kasich says people dispirited by Saturday’s decision have a right to protest, but also said “God bless the people” for keeping their protests peaceful.