President Barack Obama said that Americans should feel outraged at episodes of police brutality since they're rooted in long-simmering racial discord.
Immediately after landing for a NATO summit, Obama called the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile "tragedies" and demanded that the country as a whole "do better."
After confronting racial issues and violence all throughout his term, Obama delivered a fact-based argument that African-Americans are more likely to suffer at the hands of law enforcement.
"If communities are mistrustful of the police, that makes those law enforcement offers who are doing a great job, who are doing the right thing, that makes their lives harder," Obama said, insisting that recognizing problems within law enforcement doesn't equate to being anti-police.
According to Obama, when black people say 'black lives matter,' it doesn't mean that the blue lives don't matter. But so far, the data shows that black folks are more vulnerable to these kinds of incidents.
The shooting deaths in Louisiana and Minnesota this week were partially captured in cell phone videos that quickly went viral and sparked renewed discussions about fatal police force against African-American.
Source: CNN
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