Weekly Address: Coming Together to Find Solutions
Source: White House
In this week's address, President Obama acknowledged that the aftermath of tragedies like we've seen in Dallas, Baton Rouge, and Minnesota, can leave us struggling to make sense of these events. However, the President reiterated that the country is not as divided as it may seem. He said he saw it this week when he met with law enforcement on the challenges they face; when he traveled to Dallas for the memorial service of the five brave police officers who died while protecting protesters with whom they may have disagreed; when he convened a more than four-hour long meeting with police chiefs, Black Lives Matter activists, and state and local leaders; and when he participated in a town hall where he said there is no contradiction between honoring police and recognizing racial disparities exist within the criminal justice system.
The President said that although these conversations can be challenging, we have to be able to talk about our differences. We have to be open and honest – not just within our own circles, but also with those who offer different perspectives. Because that's what America is about – finding solutions not only through policy, but also by forging consensus and finding the political will to make change.
Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/16/weekly-address-coming-together-find-solutions
President Obama Joins a Town Hall Discussion
https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/communities-and-policing
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Listened this morning and he had a doozy of a week.
I know there were a number of posts on DU expressing concern about his traveling to Dallas this past week (due to old baby boomer memories), but I am glad that things turned out well with that trip in terms of trying to get the conversations moving again in the midst of so much other chaos in the news, both domestically and foreign.
Thanks for posting! 
But no emphasis on the murder of unarmed Black Americans, men, women and children. Only about how courageous police officers have been. How much courage does it take to kill these unarmed people?
I really don't think he mentioned anything about black people being murdered. He mentioned Black Lives Matters, maybe twice. The only other time I ever heard him mention #BLM was when he told them to stop yelling at Hillary. It seem to me that he didn't want white peoples feeling to be hurt.
I've been supporting Obama since he ran for Bobby Rush's seat and lost and every race after that. So I guess he now feels he has nothing to lose. Maybe that's why Hillary is not getting all the Black mens approval...who knows? I hope that he says nothing more on racial issues...he's not helping at all.
Rant-off.
