Obama remarked, “I went as far as I could just commenting on cases like Trayvon Martin or what was happening in Ferguson because as we discovered, not every president follows this, at least my successor didn’t. But I followed the basic notion that the Justice Department was independent, I could not steer them.”
“When I saw the mobilization primarily led by young people this past year, it gave me hope… that hope has now been translated into action.” —President @BarackObama at today’s MBK Leadership Forum. #WeAreMBK
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— My Brother's Keeper Alliance (@MBK_Alliance) May 27, 2021