Nearly exactly three years ago, President Obama stood in the White House briefing room and said that he didn’t think it would be “particularly productive” for him to convene “a national conversation on race”.
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With critics labeling Obama too harsh on police, Earnest went to lengths Monday to express the president’s belief that policy decisions like inadequate education funding put massive burdens on police departments by creating grim prospects for some African-American communities.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has also consulted with top administration officials in recent days, said Obama needs to “trumpet” the need for criminal justice reform, a measure the president mentioned the first time he responded to the shooting of Sterling and Minnesota motorist Philando Castile.
“When incidents like this occur, there is a big chunk of our fellow citizenry that feels as if because of the color of their skin they are not being treated the same”. The president went on to say the Federal Bureau of Investigation is in touch with the Dallas police and is looking for those who are responsible. Prosecutors in his case have said they will seek the death penalty if he is convicted.
Racial tension following the recent cases of police violence against black Americans continues as more than 300 people were arrested across the United States in protests during the weekend while later on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will visit Dallas, where five police officers were gunned down last week. He responded using statistics to show the disparity between the number of African-Americans and whites killed by police. Pfannenstiel came to DPD headquarters, along with hundreds of others, to pay his respects to the fallen officers. Shortly after the shots were fired, the woman began broadcasting video on her cellphone, streaming it live on her private Facebook account.
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Mr. Obama met with law-enforcement officials from more than half a dozen police groups, including representatives from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and Major Cities Chiefs Police Association. “And we’ll have to see each other as equal parts of the American family”, Obama added. They were targeted by an Army veteran-turned-sniper during what Obama denounced as a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack” by a “demented” individual. He also addressed the hard job police have. “We are America, with bonds that hold us together”, Biden said.
