3 Years Into Obamas Presidency After this do you remember that bold action that Obama took? Yeah neither do I. Things heat up from there. 5 Years Into Obama's Presidency. The violence increased. Do you remember the bold action Obama took after Ferguson? Yeah neither do I. 6 Years into the Obama Presidency Do you remember the bold action Obama took after Eric Garners death? Yeah neither do I. 7 Years into the Presidency of Obama Do you remember the bold action Obama took after Freddie Gray's death? Yeah neither do I. After almost 8 years of Obama and with Hillary Clinton poised to win the presidency in a landslide, according to the conventional wisdom at the time, Colin Kaepernick had had enough. August 2016. 7 and a half years after Obama took office. According to the media none of this happened when Obama was in office. The democrat answer to this is