July 20, 2013

OBAMA: 'TRAYVON COULD'VE BEEN ME 35 YEARS AGO'

President says 'Stand Your Ground' might have encouraged confrontation

Full Text: President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin

Obama's comments Friday were the most he has spoken on race in America as president, and the most in-depth and personal since his remarks in Philadelphia during the 2008 campaign.

Those remarks were largely pegged to the controversy surrounding Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright

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