VIDEO: Pres Obama Fans THE FLAMES! Makes An Unexpected Announcement On Trayvon Martin Case… “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago”
NOW: Pres Obama makes an unexpected announcement on Trayvon Martin case (LIVE)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-85
If teen had been white, ‘outcome and the aftermath might have been different’
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/19/19563211-obama-trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-years-ago
TIME TO ACT ON TRAYVON
http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/president-obama-trayvon-martin-could-ve-been-me-35-years-ago-20130719
President Obama weighed in on Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman today at the White House press briefing
Here’s part of the transcript:
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But I did want to just talk a little bit about context and how people have responded to it and how people are feeling. You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African- American community at least, there’s a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it’s important to recognize that the African- American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that — that doesn’t go away.
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-obama-talks-about-trayvon_740123.html#
NOW: Pres Obama makes an unexpected announcement on Trayvon Martin case (LIVE)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-85
If teen had been white, ‘outcome and the aftermath might have been different’
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/19/19563211-obama-trayvon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-years-ago
TIME TO ACT ON TRAYVON
http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/president-obama-trayvon-martin-could-ve-been-me-35-years-ago-20130719
President Obama weighed in on Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman today at the White House press briefing
Here’s part of the transcript:
…
But I did want to just talk a little bit about context and how people have responded to it and how people are feeling. You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African- American community at least, there’s a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it’s important to recognize that the African- American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that — that doesn’t go away.
…
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-obama-talks-about-trayvon_740123.html#