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“There is inevitably going to be some negative reaction and it’ll make for good TV,” Obama says. But media should also spotlight people working constructively for change.
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Will you go to Ferguson, one reporter asks the president. “Let’s take a look and see how things are going,” Obama says.
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Progress can be made, but “that won’t be done by throwing bottles, that won’t be done by smashing car windows … using this as an excuse for vandalizing property” or hurting anyone. “To those in Ferguson, there are ways of channeling your concerns constructively,” he says.
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Obama hopes to bring together Americans interested in pursuing “much-needed criminal justice reform.” “This is not just an issue for Ferguson. This is an issue for America.”
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Obama says the events in Ferguson reflect “broader challenges that we still face as a nation,” including “deep distrust” between some communities and law enforcement.
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Obama quotes appeal of Michael Brown’s family for peaceful protests, urges law enforcement to take care when dealing with peaceful protests.
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“We need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make,” Obama says. But that doesn’t mean people won’t be disappointed, “even angry.”
