Obama Says Shootings by Police a Symptom of Broad Racial Disparity
- President addresses deaths of two black men at hands of police
- Fatal shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota under investigation
Obama: Shootings Are Symptomatic of Broader Race Issues
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President Barack Obama said the fatal shootings of two black men by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana demonstrate the racial disparities that still exist in the U.S. and that should be troubling to all Americans.
“These are not isolated incidents,” Obama said just after arriving in Warsaw for a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. “They’re symptomatic of a broader state of racial disparities that exist within our criminal justice system."