Obama Speaks on Racially-Charged Police Killing: ‘This Is an American Problem’

President Barack Obama said the decision by a New York grand jury not to indict the police officer who ultimately killed Eric Garner “speaks to a larger issue” in America.

Some responded with outrage after a grand jury opted against the indictment on Wednesday. The police officer put a chokehold on Garner during the arrest and it ended up killing him.

“It is incumbent upon all of us as Americans — regardless of race, region, faith — that we recognize this is an American problem, not just a black problem, or a brown problem or a Native American problem.” He concluded, “This is an American problem. When anybody in this country is not being treated equa