Obama Speaks on Racially-Charged Police Killing: ‘This Is an American Problem’
Posted on AllSides December 4th, 2014
From The Right
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,...
