Barack Obama is about to deliver a statement on the deadly shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. I hate how familiar this feels.
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Somehow, the murders of black people at the hands of white cops always becomes a conversation about protecting white cops.
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"No contradiction in supporting law enforcement ... and also saying that there are problems across our criminal justice system."—Obama
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"Black lives matter doesn't mean that blue lives don't matter." lol omg this garbage
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"I just ask folks to step back and think, 'What if this happened to someone in your family? How would you feel?" —Obama
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"We have some tough history and we haven't gotten through all of that yet." —Obama
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Obama adds that the "vestiges" of racism won't disappear in his lifetime, and it's unlikely to disappear in his daughters' lifetimes.
End of conversation
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