In defending the Black Lives Matter movement, President Obama said that these protests are really a voice for a problem that is occurring in African-American communities.
In explaining why this movement is justified, Obama said, “I think everybody understands all lives matter. I think the reason that the organizers used the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ was not because they were suggesting nobody else’s lives matter. Rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that’s happening in the African-American community that’s not happening in other communities. And that is a legitimate issue that we’ve got to address.”
Speaking at a White House forum on criminal justice, Obama chose to conclude his speech about race and criminal justice system by talking about the Black Lives Matter movement.
With the deaths of two black unarmed men in Missouri and Florida, police relations with minority communities have become topics of interest. This has led to protests from around the country under the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.
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Obama was also quick to pair praise for law enforcement officials and the police along with his defense of the movement. The President seems eager to praise law enforcement officials recently ever since they have expressed unhappiness concerning his response to the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.
In particular, he said that the majority of law enforcement wants to do the right thing but they’ve got a tough job going into dangerous neighborhoods and where they have to make split-second decisions.
What he also said, was that given their history, it’s clear that the African-American community isn’t making this up. This is why it must be taken seriously.