Obama spent a few words on Freddie Gray. He's reserving entire paragraphs about "the kind of violence that happened yesterday."
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Obama says that what happened yesterday is "not protesting or making a statement. They're stealing [...], committing arson."
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You can watch Obama talk about Baltimore here, live: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live
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Obama says police killing black people isn't new and that we shouldn't pretend that it is. He credits social media for highlighting it.
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Obama also credited the "thousands of protestors that did it the right way."
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The president is now touting his police task force. And its limits.
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"We can't just leave this to the police [...] we as a country have to do some soul-searching," says Obama on
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I actually wish Obama would turn to PM Abe right now and ask him if their policing style in Japan can be of help here in the U.S.
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I want to slip a note to Obama that says, "I think the term you're looking for is institutional racism."
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